History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?' — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My question is why does every African American fighter have to be the villain? — Andre Ward Copy Share Image
It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe. — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
“Pastor McFucking Bride this . . . Pastor McFucking Bride that. Fuck him!” — S.B. Redd Copy Share Image
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
Somehow, someway, for some people there's an automatic assumption that a mayor who is African-American or some other elected official has to… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
I'm just happy that as an African-American man, that 'Candyman' has once again been given the nod to enter people's consciousness. — Tony Todd Copy Share Image
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
God is present in everything. In the universe in creation, in me and all that happens to me, in my brothers and… — Thea Bowman Copy Share Image
There will always be some curve balls in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity. — Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Copy Share Image
Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem. — Bebe Moore Campbell Copy Share Image
Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
In 1985 I graduated from Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and I was their first African American homecoming queen. You would… — Cynthia Bailey Copy Share Image
“Spoil me differently! Spoil me with your love, honesty, and commitment. Spoil me with respect, honor, and appreciation. Spoil me with engaging… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Despite all of the civil rights gains of the past several decades, when it comes to economic opportunity, African Americans and Latinos… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on… — Sarah Louise Delany Copy Share Image
I'm not against knowing the history of white people in the U.S. - that's not the point. The point is that there's… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
