What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time. — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height, and I’ll take that any day, — Nate Robinson Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans. — Usher 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
“Nationally in 2011, poor whites exceeded the poor African American total by roughly eight million: 19,171,000 versus 10,929,000.” — Karl Alexander Copy Share Image
Don't expect anyone to give you anything. If you really believe in something, then fight for it... — Damon Dash 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
Over the course of the years, I've learned [that] fashion is a fascinating business about selling magic. It is done on the… — Robin Givhan Copy Share Image
I am the executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, which is the country's only national immigrant rights organization for… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do?… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
It's exciting to me that Ride Along is a movie that has two African American leads, but it's even more exciting to… — Will Packer Copy Share Image
“Goddess alchemy is learning to see through this dimension into the next and welcome in what you are seeking. Healers, priestesses, and… — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
I think that whenever there's a good script we try to make that happen, but it's all based off of a good… — Kenneth Edmonds Copy Share Image
Too often the media assumes that "poverty" is an African American or a Latino issue. Of course, that's nonsense. While a higher… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
“George E. Johnson marketed the “relaxer,” a chemical product used to straighten otherwise curly African American hair. According to some estimates, the… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,... — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
“The most powerful ancestral or generational curse we face is our unhealed trauma.” — Abiola Abrams Copy Share Image
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Our African American kids need to know what Black Wall Street was all about. — George Hill Copy Share Image
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life. — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told. — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
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