The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“It occurred to them for the first time in their lives that what's divine can come in dark skin.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements. — Curtis Martin Copy Share Image
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
We had two African American writers [Eric Monte and Michael Evans] on the show ['Good Times'] that knew Cabrini Green inside and… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
If anyone should have the right or need to carry a gun, it should be the African-American community. — Philip Smith Copy Share Image
My brother-in-law is an African-American cop who patrols a New Orleans suburban community. He speaks to me often of his perilous duty. — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Recent events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reaffirmed for me, however, the complete folly of any Republican strategy to increase… — Ward Connerly Copy Share Image
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. It was a step… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
The fact is, yes, statistically, African Americans and Latinos are getting hit harder, but it's something that we can have real solidarity… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
My father marched in Selma. My father was there in Alabama. That's where I was born. My birth certificate says 'colored.' It… — Orlando Jones Copy Share Image
African Americans were responsible for creating a lot of this beautiful and elaborate ironwork; we weren't just working in the cotton fields. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
When black Britons draw parallels between their experiences and those of African Americans, they are not suggesting that those experiences are identical. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film. — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money, — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
My dad's entire business and enterprises have been about helping the African-American community. — EJ Johnson Copy Share Image
Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, which is predominantly Caucasian and… — Utkarsh Ambudkar Copy Share Image
“invidious is the fact that those ideas about African Americans are unfair and socially debilitating. Some” — John Corvino Copy Share Image
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. I'm always fighting to overcome the obstacle. I can… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types. — Andre Braugher Copy Share Image
I've never understood people who say they're not a practicing Jew. You never hear a black guy say he's not a practicing… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything… — Isaiah Washington Copy Share Image
In sci-fi, the Black guys always die. So, it's extremely important to bring African-American characters to the genre and not have them… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life! — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
When you're Jamaican, you don't consider yourself African American even though everyone else considers you that. — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I stay connected in my head. I'm spiritually and psychologically connected to African-Americans. They are my people, and that will never change. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
When people say they can't find African-American startups to invest in, it just sounds a little crazy to me. — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The African-American community, the community within the inner cities has been so badly treated. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
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