There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
As African American, gay drag queens, we live with more adversity and challenges. — Shangela Copy Share Image
I love African American women, but I just don't like my skin complexion. — Kodak Black Copy Share Image
I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop isn't just music. It also a spiritual movement of blacks! You can't just call hip-hop a trend. — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is. — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month. Everyone should try and learn about at least one African American daily...not just Martin Luther or Malcolm X. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and… — Virginia Hamilton Copy Share Image
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance… — Rodney Alexander Copy Share Image
I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
“It is my belief that conscious African American students ought to be in a constant state of rage and in a constant… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
You know what needs to be done when you're a writer. You know what the job is, particularly if you're an African… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I'm one of those persons who think that watching black people suffer is not an idea of entertainment. I know a lot… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
Well, I'm a daughter of the great migration as, really, the majority of African Americans that you meet in the north and… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in… — William Julius Wilson Copy Share Image
The Jewish culture has a wonderful thing about education. It has a great thing about family; it has a great thing about… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say. — Joseph Simmons Copy Share Image
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong Copy Share Image
In the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life. — Kym Whitley Copy Share Image
Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Young African-American males: Stop existing. It could get you killed. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
