That one lesson that African American communities have learned over the centuries in America is that you can't just take for granted… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
Denys Cowan and Dwayne Turner's visions of Wakanda as an ersatz African Epcot Center opened my eyes to the unexploited possibilities; these… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
“Divine manifesting is collaboration with God/dess energy to mold our lives for the highest and best good of the collective. We are… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
But at the end of the day, I refuse to believe there arent more qualified African-Americans, women, people of color in general… — Tony Clark Copy Share Image
... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image
When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use… — Benjamin Crump Copy Share Image
“Words are power. The more words you know and can recognize, use, define, understand, the more power you will have as a… — Quraysh Ali Lansana & Georgia A. Popoff Copy Share Image
If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah,… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
There's a sorry history of these kinds of charges of bias being leveled at women and judges of color, and also gay… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
I think at places like 'Slate' or the magazine where I work, there was a really poor record of hiring African-American writers.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I would never say that claiming you're a Christian is wrong. I understand that there is a human aspect of being able… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
“Iwent to school with African-American girls during my entire adolescence in Michigan and never noticed them as potential girlfriends, never even wanted… — Kenneth Cain Copy Share Image
“a cracked yolk split between her thighs. she rushed to clean up her shame. yellow stained her hands; yellow stained her child,… — Mecca-Amirah Jackson Copy Share Image
“Within half a century after Butler sent Charles Mallory away from Fortress Monroe empty-handed, the children of white Union and Confederate soldiers… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
I paved the way for a lot of white artists now that don’t have to deal with the stigma of being a… — Jon B Copy Share Image
People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I… — Flo Hyman Copy Share Image
The Marines estimate that roughly a hundred or 200 women will be interested in going into these jobs - roughly 2 percent… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“those African Americans who did manage to penetrate the skilled trades mostly were consigned to low-wage work. According to Social Security Administration… — Karl Alexander Copy Share Image
Since the nations founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Representative Al Edwards' pivotal role in establishing Juneteenth as a State holiday in Texas illustrates the political progress and celebration of African… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
The president is not doing well with African Americans. His popularity rating - his approval rating - with blacks: two percent. Two… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies… — Trent Franks Copy Share Image
If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two… — Coleman Hawkins Copy Share Image
To see, once again, that African American students are more likely to have a limited math curriculum and an underpaid novice teacher… — Chaka Fattah Copy Share Image
The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African- American men, more than the next nine causes put together.… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not… — William Labov Copy Share Image
The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Usually, I'll be auditioning for the third lead, and there will be Latina actresses, Indian actresses, African American actresses because it will… — Constance Wu Copy Share Image
I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the… — Lil B Copy Share Image
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
“America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big teeth that… — Abiodun Oyewole Copy Share Image
In every generation and in every intellectual sphere and in every political moment, there have been African American women who have articulated… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
In Obama's case, we've enabled affirmative action to find a home in the nation's highest office. There you have it. I said… — Allen West Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that [Louis] Brandeis was not able to translate or abstract his devotion to cultural pluralism and racial equality as he… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
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