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title: "77 Afros Quotes by 50 authors"
description: "Browse 77 Afros quotes by 50 authors. Discover the best Afros sayings and thoughts."
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> [I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-secada/i-might-be-a-cuban-american-but-i-m-also-an-afro-cuban-american/)

[Jon Secada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-secada/)

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> [We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fidel-castro/we-are-not-only-a-latin-american-nation-we-are-an-afro-american/)

[Fidel Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fidel-castro/)

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> [The Afro-American is not a bestial race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race/)

[Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/)

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> [The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-22-million-or-30-million-whatever-the-case-may-be-afro-americans/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-might-say-this-that-the-problem-of-the-the-solution-for-the-afro/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-jones/i-was-the-only-black-girl-at-my-junior-high-school-i-had-an-afro-a/)

[Grace Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-jones/)

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> [The separating of a section of America for Afro- Americans is similar to expecting a heaven in the sky somewhere after you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-separating-of-a-section-of-america-for-afro-americans-is-similar/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [I've had every haircut you could possibly imagine: mullet, tail, dreadlocks, afro, crew cut. It's always been an expression of who I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-forgione/i-ve-had-every-haircut-you-could-possibly-imagine-mullet-tail/)

[Marc Forgione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-forgione/)

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> [The American system itself is incapable. It is as incapable of producing freedom for the Afro-American as the system of a chicken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-american-system-itself-is-incapable-it-is-as-incapable-of/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [I used to have an afro - like Will Ferrell in 'Semi-Pro.' It was bleached blond from the sun. I was tall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-hemsworth/i-used-to-have-an-afro-like-will-ferrell-in-semi-pro-it-was-bleached/)

[Liam Hemsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-hemsworth/)

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> [There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jami-floyd/there-came-a-point-when-i-wanted-to-do-television-and-i-didn-t-think/)

[Jami Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jami-floyd/)

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> [I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-alias/i-grew-up-in-new-york-we-were-all-diversified-as-far-as-music-was/)

[Don Alias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-alias/)

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> [It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/it-is-not-a-case-of-our-people-wanting-either-separation-or/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [A rap pro, do a show, good to go, also Cameo afro, Virgo, domino, I go Rambo, Gigolo, Romeo, Friday night spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-daddy-kane/a-rap-pro-do-a-show-good-to-go-also-cameo-afro-virgo-domino-i-go/)

[Big Daddy Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-daddy-kane/)

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> [ Since the main problem that American, the Afro- Americans have is a lack of cultural identity. It is necessary to teach \[people\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/since-the-main-problem-that-american-the-afro-americans-have-is-a/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. ... Every couple of years someone came up with something that got us an inch closer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/colored-negro-afro-american-african-american-every-couple-of-years/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-reed/a-lot-of-great-art-comes-from-the-afro-american-male-experience-black/)

[Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-reed/)

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> [Afro-Caribbean influences are in me as a creative being the same way Spanish influences were in Picasso's work. I think the notion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-fagan/afro-caribbean-influences-are-in-me-as-a-creative-being-the-same-way/)

[Garth Fagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-fagan/)

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> [I had a great fashion season in September so I told my agent that I would really like to walk the 2015…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-borges/i-had-a-great-fashion-season-in-september-so-i-told-my-agent-that-i/)

[Maria Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-borges/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/it-is-the-system-itself-that-that-is-incapable-of-producing-freedom/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [When I was a little kid wanting to play music, it was because of people like Pete Johnson, Huey Smith, Allen Toussaint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-john/when-i-was-a-little-kid-wanting-to-play-music-it-was-because-of/)

[Dr. John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-john/)

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> [The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-lesson-this-teaches-and-which-every-afro-american-should-ponder/)

[Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/)

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> [I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-am-a-muslim-and-my-religion-makes-me-be-against-all-forms-of-racism-2/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-afro-american-is-not-a-bestial-race-if-this-work-can-contribute/)

[Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/)

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> […the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linton-kwesi-johnson/the-popular-music-of-jamaica-the-music-of-the-people-is-an/)

[Linton Kwesi Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linton-kwesi-johnson/)

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> [Does that mean that all vestiges of past discrimination would be eliminated, that the income gap or the wealth gap or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/does-that-mean-that-all-vestiges-of-past-discrimination-would-be/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/even-his-hair-was-bigger-a-massive-globe-of-blue-black-frizz-so-thick/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [ The problem \[ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans\] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-problem-of-the-twenty-two-million-afro-americans-is-so-broad-that/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-south-resented-giving-the-afro-american-his-freedom-the-ballot/)

[Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/)

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> [My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-byrd/my-work-sometimes-can-be-abstract-and-appear-not-to-have-a-direct/)

[Donald Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-byrd/)

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> [The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/the-only-times-an-afro-american-who-was-assaulted-got-away-has-been/)

[Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/)

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> [In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sugar-ray-leonard/in-italy-i-had-an-afro-and-a-lot-of-the-kids-came-up-and-felt-my-hair/)

[Sugar Ray Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sugar-ray-leonard/)

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> [I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-makeba/i-see-other-black-women-imitate-my-style-which-is-no-style-at-all-but/)

[Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-makeba/)

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> [When I first came out to L.A., Hollywoods idea of a Latina was Mexican. It was almost like they had never seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-velez/when-i-first-came-out-to-l-a-hollywoods-idea-of-a-latina-was-mexican/)

[Lauren Velez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-velez/)

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> [The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-afro-american-experience-is-the-only-real-culture-that-america/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurgood-marshall/some-years-ago-i-said-in-an-opinion-that-if-this-country-is-a-melting/)

[Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurgood-marshall/)

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> [Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-korner/since-the-age-of-12-all-my-musical-thinking-has-been-influenced-by/)

[Alexis Korner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-korner/)

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> [Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-b-wells/somebody-must-show-that-the-afro-american-race-is-more-sinned-against/)

[Ida B. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-b-wells/)

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> [One of my dreams is to expand and make sure African music and Afro Beats music is really on the map. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-prince/one-of-my-dreams-is-to-expand-and-make-sure-african-music-and-afro/)

[Ice Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-prince/)

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> [For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-huggins/for-the-afro-american-in-the-1920-s-being-a-new-negro-was-being/)

[Nathan Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-huggins/)

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## Top authors on Afros

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afros/malcolm-x/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ida-b-wells-43060.jpg) Ida B. Wells 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afros/ida-b-wells/)

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