Samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it's also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
Even his hair was bigger—a massive globe of blue-black frizz so thick that his lobster-claw horns appeared to be drowning as they… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like… — Anonymous 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 only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. — Ida B. Wells 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
When I first came out to L.A., Hollywoods idea of a Latina was Mexican. It was almost like they had never seen… — Lauren Velez Copy Share Image
There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I… — Jami Floyd 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 keep telling everyone that I want to start a revolution but no one is taking me seriously. If I had black… — Madonna Ciccone 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
There is a theorem that colloquially translates, You cannot comb the hair on a bowling ball. ... Clearly, none of these mathematicians… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image
I've tried lots with my hair. Obviously I used to have it as a number one all over, super easy, but then… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
Yes, but the thing is my influences are so rooted in afro-American culture especially that it's quite sad to not enjoy the… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
Forget the methods or the differences in methods. As long as we agree that the thing that the Afro-American wants and needs… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Yes, (Bush is a) racist. We all knew that but the world is only finding it out now. As Texas's governor, Bush… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
When you go to South Africa, you get a different vibe and a different sound. The music is awesome the people are… — Ice Prince Copy Share Image
In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins,… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
…the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
I've had every haircut you could possibly imagine: mullet, tail, dreadlocks, afro, crew cut. It's always been an expression of who I… — Marc Forgione Copy Share Image
I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In the era of slavery, you could be a so-called Afro-Cuban one day and a so-called Black American the next day, or… — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
There were tensions between these two organizations [Organization of Afro-American Unity and N.O.I.] , and Malcolm had to negotiate between them and… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about… — Don Alias Copy Share Image
For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being… — Nathan Huggins Copy Share Image
At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
![“In every project, I always look for the depth of humanity inside of it. I'm just trying to say if we can help in some way heal the equation with [Afro-Americans] what's going on with us as people.” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/218/forest-whitaker-3022_afros_in-every-project-i-always-look-for-the-d_2773534.jpg)
![“In January of 1969, after a meeting to discuss the leadership of UCLA's new Afro-American Program, [Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins, Jr.] were murdered on campus by a rival black nationalist group, the United Slaves Organization. This shook up all the students, black and white, and…” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c7/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_academic_in-january-of-1969-after-a-meeting-to-di_2064630.jpg)
![“Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the education gap [between Afro-Americans and white] would be erased in five years or 10 years? Probably not, and so this is obviously a discussion we've had before when you talk…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f2f/barack-obama-17_afros_does-that-mean-that-all-vestiges-of-past_2526100.jpg)
![“There were tensions between these two organizations [Organization of Afro-American Unity and N.O.I.] , and Malcolm had to negotiate between them and since he was out of the country a great deal of the time, it was rather difficult for him to do so.” quote by Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e79/manning-marable-9023_afros_there-were-tensions-between-these-two-or_2255572.jpg)
