We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans. — Malcolm X 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
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
The separating of a section of America for Afro- Americans is similar to expecting a heaven in the sky somewhere after you… — Malcolm X 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
The American system itself is incapable. It is as incapable of producing freedom for the Afro-American as the system of a chicken… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I used to have an afro - like Will Ferrell in 'Semi-Pro.' It was bleached blond from the sun. I was tall… — Liam Hemsworth 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 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
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
A rap pro, do a show, good to go, also Cameo afro, Virgo, domino, I go Rambo, Gigolo, Romeo, Friday night spend… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Since the main problem that American, the Afro- Americans have is a lack of cultural identity. It is necessary to teach [people]… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. ... Every couple of years someone came up with something that got us an inch closer to… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Afro-Caribbean influences are in me as a creative being the same way Spanish influences were in Picasso's work. I think the notion… — Garth Fagan Copy Share Image
I had a great fashion season in September so I told my agent that I would really like to walk the 2015… — Maria Borges Copy Share Image
It is the system itself that, that is incapable of producing freedom for the twenty-two million Afro-Americans. Just like a chicken can't… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint,… — Dr. John 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 am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same… — Ida B. Wells 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
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
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
The problem [ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. — Ida B. Wells 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
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
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
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
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
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
Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music. — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
One of my dreams is to expand and make sure African music and Afro Beats music is really on the map. I… — Ice Prince 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
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