The same would be true for something like Social Security, where historically, if you just read the law and the fact that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as… — Bebe Moore Campbell Copy Share Image
If the Democrats have their way, African Americans will continue to feel oppressed, despised and handicapped into the indefinite future. All progress… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
Globalization and deindustrialization affected workers of all colors but hit African Americans particularly hard. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The radical philosophy offered, for many African Americans, the most promise. It was predicated on a searing critique of large corporations, particularly… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“I thought I had it all figured out. I thought of racism as an inanimate, immortal system, not as a living, recognizable,… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“Rev. [Martin Luther] King continued, chanting, singing his prophetic litany. We were one people, indivisible in the sight of God, responsible to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“African-American writers with an independent vision are often consigned to obscurity. The white critics can only tolerate one black writer at a… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
When you have a policy of making sure that African Americans cannot build wealth, of plundering African American communities of wealth, giving… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite… — Gregory Hines Copy Share Image
Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice. — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
Financial inequity for African Americans has been perpetuated by companies that are known to have benefited from the institution of slavery. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
“Gotta love us brown girls, munching on fat, swinging blue hips, decked out in shells and splashes, Lawdie, bringing them woo hips.” — Patricia Smith Copy Share Image
What we accomplished during World War Two is just amazing. We turned our country upside down. African Americans were demanding to be… — Margaret D. Klein Copy Share Image
“The document that heralded our national revolution, the Declaration of Independence, was penned by Thomas Jefferson. Within that text, he did not… — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Copy Share Image
To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of… — Cornell William Brooks Copy Share Image
“To those who are struggling. To talk about a struggle, you're likely to forget about it. To be shown a struggle, you're… — Valerie Owens Copy Share Image
“Well, of course," Camilo said, and grinned back at JohnRolandJoseph and his long line of bought and paid for ancestors, as friendly… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
I think anyone that comes to Nigeria has to offer value. What value are you bringing? There are Black Americans here. I… — Mo Abudu Copy Share Image
“The American imagination has never been able to fully recover from its white-supremacist beginnings. Consequently, our laws and attitudes have been straining… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
Once in a while you get people that maybe because of economic reasons, or have a social network, they get attracted. But… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
