--- title: "9 Americans Black Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Americans Black quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Americans Black sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/opal-tometi-9098_african-americans_african-americans-and-black-immigrants-s_2379444.jpg" --- > [African-Americans and black immigrants share a resilience and a determination for a better life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/african-americans-and-black-immigrants-share-a-resilience-and-a/) [Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/opal-tometi-9098_african-americans_african-americans-and-black-immigrants-s_2379444.jpg) > [There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-lee/there-s-a-lot-of-americans-black-and-white-who-think-that-we-ve/) [Spike Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/spike-lee-3057_action_there-s-a-lot-of-americans-black-and-whi_667306.jpg) > [The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I've worked to confront here in Braddock.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fetterman/the-black-lives-matter-movement-has-brought-to-the-national/) [John Fetterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fetterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/john-fetterman-6257_america_the-black-lives-matter-movement-has-brou_2723184.jpg) > [There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/there-s-no-doubt-that-many-of-the-mainstream-white-institutions-tend/) [Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6c/cornel-west-708_african-american_there-s-no-doubt-that-many-of-the-mainst_263760.jpg) > [My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-singletary/my-writing-is-definitely-influenced-by-and-speaks-to-african/) [Michelle Singletary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-singletary/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3c/michelle-singletary-8251_african-american_my-writing-is-definitely-influenced-by-a_775118.jpg) > [There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/there-s-no-question-that-o-j-simpson-had-been-a-substitute-white-man/) [Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/michael-eric-dyson-1424_accepted_there-s-no-question-that-o-j-simpson-had_167198.png) > [Here you have 22 million Afro-Americans, black people today, catching more hell than Patrick Henry ever saw. And I'm here to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/here-you-have-22-million-afro-americans-black-people-today-catching/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/malcolm-x-213_afros_here-you-have-22-million-afro-americans_1364810.jpg) > [If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/if-we-americans-are-to-survive-it-will-have-to-be-because-we-choose/) [William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/william-faulkner-306_america_if-we-americans-are-to-survive-it-will-h_3003465.jpg) > [We have African-Americans and black people getting behind the scenes more and more, we get true black images in television and film...because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keke-palmer/we-have-african-americans-and-black-people-getting-behind-the-scenes/) [Keke Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keke-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/keke-palmer-6386_african-americans_we-have-african-americans-and-black-peop_2773039.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans-black/#itemlist", "name": "Americans Black Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "African-Americans and black immigrants share a resilience and a determination for a better life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Opal Tometi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/african-americans-and-black-immigrants-share-a-resilience-and-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/opal-tometi-9098_african-americans_african-americans-and-black-immigrants-s_2379444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/opal-tometi-9098_african-americans_african-americans-and-black-immigrants-s_2379444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/opal-tometi-9098_african-americans_african-americans-and-black-immigrants-s_2379444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“African-Americans and black immigrants share a resilience and a determination for a better life.” — Opal Tometi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Spike Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-lee/there-s-a-lot-of-americans-black-and-white-who-think-that-we-ve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/spike-lee-3057_action_there-s-a-lot-of-americans-black-and-whi_667306.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/spike-lee-3057_action_there-s-a-lot-of-americans-black-and-whi_667306.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/spike-lee-3057_action_there-s-a-lot-of-americans-black-and-whi_667306.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing…” — Spike Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Black Lives Matter movement has brought to the national conversation many of the inequalities I've worked to confront here in Braddock. 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He was accepted in golf clubs that were very tony.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Eric Dyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/there-s-no-question-that-o-j-simpson-had-been-a-substitute-white-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/michael-eric-dyson-1424_accepted_there-s-no-question-that-o-j-simpson-had_167198.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/michael-eric-dyson-1424_accepted_there-s-no-question-that-o-j-simpson-had_167198.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/michael-eric-dyson-1424_accepted_there-s-no-question-that-o-j-simpson-had_167198.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. 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