I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
“Alabama in 1927 alone, 27,701 men were arrested on misdemeanor charges and offered for sale by county sheriffs. In Blackmon’s estimation, “roughly… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“He (Zerubavel) draws attention to the social influences on perception (what people notice), attention and concern (what people care about), classification (how… — Wendy Griswold Copy Share Image
“The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. There's quite a few of us now.… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
African Americans are doing a lot already, but I think we have an opportunity right now to change politics in a way… — David Beckmann Copy Share Image
The uncomfortable reality we must face is that California, like the nation as a whole, has treated generations of African Americans and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Since the nations founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
You take a look at the history of African Americans in the US. There's been about thirty years of relative freedom. There… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
“And I know that there are black boys and black girls out there lost in a Bermuda triangle of the mind or… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“Melanin is an incomparable beauty. From the lightest to the darkest skin tone, Black women and Black girls are exquisite beauty in… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I think that America could not become America until it dealt with the disenfranchisement of women and African Americans in the last… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
“In the context of the Negro problem neither whites nor blacks, for excellent reasons of their own, have the faintest desire to… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Physicians, patients, and ethicists must also understand that acknowledging abuse and encouraging African Americans to participate in research are compatible goals. History… — Harriet A. Washington Copy Share Image
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
African Americans were responsible for creating a lot of this beautiful and elaborate ironwork; we weren't just working in the cotton fields. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I… — Daymond John Copy Share Image
“I had seen a photograph of Emmett Till's body just after it was pulled from the river. I had seen photographs of… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“In the American way of life pleasure involves comfort, convenience, and sexual stimulation. Pleasure, so defined, has little to do with the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
