Yes, there have been women in comedy. Moms Mabley was one of the earliest. She was an African American comedian; she often… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month. Everyone should try and learn about at least one African American daily...not just Martin Luther or Malcolm X. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and… — Virginia Hamilton Copy Share Image
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance… — Rodney Alexander Copy Share Image
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
“According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, our country has been experiencing an “explosive growth in extremist-group activism across the United States”… — Arsalan Iftikhar Copy Share Image
As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
“In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Baptist evangelicals in the South as well as throughout the country were deeply opposed… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring. — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all… — Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Copy Share Image
It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I did not know George Floyd personally, but I am African American just as he is. He is my brother. — Porsha Williams Copy Share Image
I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in… — Don Lemon Copy Share Image
The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power. — Ras Baraka Copy Share Image
I love being an African American female! I love my skin tone & learning about my ancestors. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop isn't just music. It also a spiritual movement of blacks! You can't just call hip-hop a trend. — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
There is a reason that many African Americans have a healthy mistrust for law enforcement. We don't always feel protected or served… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate. — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
We have to protect our inner cities, because African-American communities are being decimated by crime, decimated. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I will go to the NAACP convention, and explain to the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American… — Maya Rudolph Copy Share Image
When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for… — Lee Daniels Copy Share Image
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