If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the whole. The South has not interest, and… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I stand on the shoulders of so many who have come before me, including Judge Constance Baker Motley, who was the first… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
All the books that were being published by African-American guys were saying 'screw whitey', or some variation of that. Not the scholars… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Schooling is what happens inside the wall of the school, some of which is educational. Education happens everywhere, and it happens from… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ...… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Historically, the argument is we stole the country from the Indians. America stole the labor of African Americans for over 200 years… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
My African-American friends thought it was cool that I was racing. It's not like we had any role models out there to… — Bubba Wallace Copy Share Image
Wanna know really, really, really who I'm dating, Is she civilian or super duper famous? Is she African American, Caucasian, or Asian?… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
“Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
On top of that she promises uncontrolled, low-skilled immigration that continues to reduce jobs and wages for American workers, and especially for… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some… — Aml Ameen Copy Share Image
It's just a fact that if you're a young African-American man and you do the same thing as a young white man,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“This week I was watching the Rachel Maddow Show (you'd love her: she's funny and brilliant and just happens to be a… — Jewelle Gomez Copy Share Image
African-Americans have always viewed the protection of black lives as a civil rights issue, whether the threat comes from police officers or… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
After decades of persistent, courageous advocacy - often at risk to their own lives, livelihoods, and safety - African Americans succeeded in… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
When African-American police officers involved in a police action shooting involving an African-American, why would Hillary Clinton accuse that African-American police officer… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
“Many whites, now proclaiming that science proved that people of African descent were intellectually inferior and congenitally prone to criminal behavior, looked… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
In the industry, artists of of color struggle the most. Caucasian artists have really solidified themselves in the industry, and with African… — Mena Massoud Copy Share Image
The notion that religion can actually be something... attached to progressivism seems so bizarre. But all you have to say is that… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I'd go to the African-American section in the bookstore, and I'd try and find African-American people I… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
My mother always told me to embrace both sides of my background. And she also taught me one very useful thing when… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever… — Malik Zulu Shabazz Copy Share Image
An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Once my loved one accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can't… — Bebe Moore Campbell Copy Share Image
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
“A survey was conducted in 1995 asking the following question: “Would you close your eyes for a second, envision a drug user,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There clearly is a serious race problem in the country. Just take a look at what's happening to African American communities. For… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“1. Close Friend, someone who got yo back, yo "main nigga." 2. Rooted in blackness and the Black experience. From a middle-aged… — H. Sammy Alim and Geneva Smitherman Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to be happy and true to yourself. I don't want to look back at this in 30… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
Warren Moon and Doug Williams really didn't run that much. That's the negative stereotype when it comes to African-American quarterbacks, that most… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
“these instances bore none of the harrowing features of racially motivated torture, mutilation, and cruelty endemic to Euro-American lynching of African Americans.… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
