I have always drawn strength from my late mother's life. When Eunice Johnson set up the first major fashion show for African-American… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men… — Lance Gross Copy Share Image
“the black church helped African Americans survive the harshest forms of oppression and developed a revolutionary appeal for universal communal spirituality. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The sprinkling of people of color through elite institutions in the United States, due to affirmative action policies and the limited progress… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently. The company watched her from the… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
I think others may look at the uniqueness of my candidacy, the fact that I'm an African-American, conservative tea party Republican, and… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
“It was his experience that life worked under the same guidelines as a capitalistic society. In order to get what you wanted,… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
That's unfortunately common - to blame immigrants, to blame the African-Americans who are being helped by federal programs, to blame anyone available,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers,… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
“You are divine. You are rich. You have good juju as you have inherited the greatest inheritance there is. You have the… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
“I know that there are some reading this who will sneer. Representation! It’s so soft, so wimpy, so liberal. Well, if you… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in… — Malcolm D. Lee Copy Share Image
I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not… — James E. Rogers Copy Share Image
It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans - the one that should be a… — Ray Nagin Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“In 1821, the United States government sent Dr. Eli Ayres to West Africa to buy, on what was known as the “Pepper… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
Our inner cities are a disaster. You get shot walking to the store. They have no education. They have no jobs. I… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“For African Americans, unfreedom is the historical norm. Enslavement lasted for nearly 250 years. The 150 years that followed have encompassed debt… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Ultimately all hominids came from Africa, and therefore everyone in America should simply check the box next to 'African-American.' My maternal grandmother… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago, when I started writing, I didn't define myself as an African-American writer. And then you write books and you're… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I wanted Luke Cage to very much be an African American superhero rather than a superhero that happens to be black. I… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The African-American community has been let down by our politicians. They talk good around election time, and after the election, they say,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We have a long, ugly history of white supremacy in this country, ranging from Jim Crow laws to keep African Americans down… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I think the sad fact is, there's a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman. And I think… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Yeah, remember, under the Bush administration, welfare — I mean, excuse me, poverty among African Americans and among single unmarried women, poverty… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn't happen… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Let the good times roll is especially or risky message for African-Americans. The plain fact is that they tend to possess poor… — Steve Sailer Copy Share Image
“It was just a word. It took nothing from him. It made him feel only as low as he allowed himself to… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I am more of a conservationist, myself. And people have come to me and said, "Wow, you're an African-American conservationist!" And my… — Jerome Ringo Copy Share Image
