Don't get me wrong; Ghost used to have an afro, like the Jackson 5. — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music. — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the flattop during a short period in the early '90s.… — Tim Meadows Copy Share Image
“But I like my big Afro. I also liked when my hair was longer and relaxed. I’m happy to have choices. They’re… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is… — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image
“My African roots made me what I am today. They’re the reason I’m from the Dominican Republic. They’re the reason I exist… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny.… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
“Shug Avery sat up in bed a little today. I wash and comb out her hair. She got the nottiest, shortest, kinkiest… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix came on TV on this documentary and it was this African-American soulful black guy, playing an electric guitar, which I'd… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I… — Jami Floyd Copy Share Image
Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
When I was in Year 10 I saw a girl on 'X Factor' with a really great, huge afro, so I went… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Guys and their afro's man CHOP that shit off it's too hot for all that -_- — Krystal Copy Share Image
When I rock my signature afro look, I feel like I'm channeling my inner '70s Cynthia. — Cynthia Bailey Copy Share Image
I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
“It was black-black, so thick it drank two containers of relaxer at the salon, so full it took hours under the hooded… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“DeLois lived up the block on 142nd Street and never had her hair done, and all the neighbourhood women sucked their teeth… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
![“When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about being black on air, viewers write and say, "You're black?!" I feel [straightening your hair] is giving up a sense of your identity. Let's be honest: It's an effort to look…” quote by Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d9a/jami-floyd-49084_afros_when-i-have-my-afro-and-walk-down-the-st_1659266.jpg)
