I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole. — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Sex and racism have always been tied together. Look at the thousands of black men who got lynched and castrated. The reason… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
“"But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance.… — Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958 Copy Share Image
And here come the Left Brothers - Al "747" Sharpton and Jesse "DC 10" Jackson - barreling in for a landing on… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Had I not had my grandmother, who dared to be my rainbow in the clouds, I would have been just another sexually… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
i was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew... — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
In the beginning of the 19th century, maybe forty percent of women and fifty percent of men could produce a signature, which… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I was never really certain why he scared the bejesus out of me. Nothing scared me growing up. I’ve been playing with… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Of four infernal rivers that disgorge/ Into the burning Lake their baleful streams;/Abhorred Styx the flood of deadly hate,/Sad Acheron of sorrow,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Angry Black White Boy is bananas! Actually, it's a banana split with razor blades in it. Adam Mansbach is the white Richard… — William Upski Wimsatt Copy Share Image
Sophisticated readers understand that writers work out their anger, their conflicts, their endless grief and rolling list of loss, through their stories.… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
In my whole life, I've worn black tie three times. I can't tie the knot myself. — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
There's a black lawyer in Galveston, Texas, who was the unpaid NAACP general counsel in Texas. He had a great record in… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's--the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train there was a black… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Pure faith in the benevolece of the Divine can also degenerate into destructive forms of religion like othodoxy, fundamentalism, sectarianism, fanaticism, black… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
I'm looking at the head of the household, and the house hasn't been run properly for a long time, ... Clinton was… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
There is not a better day in the world to be spent than with a lot of wise old cowmen around barbecued… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black - who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about. — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend voices… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
Abortion is black genocide...What happens to the mind of a person and the moral fabric of a nation that accepts the aborting… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view.… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
As a gay person, I'm used to speaking on gay issues. As a black person, I'm used to speaking on black issues. — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs,"… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The black, hungry roses that Redd sent snaking towards the princess were easily squashed, the orbs and and unmanned, airborne blades of… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
For just once in my life, I'd like to get through a whole week without having to deal with some fool, white… — Barbara Neely Copy Share Image
I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
Zwarte Piet, or 'Black Pete,' is a relic from slavery. It is something that should have long been eliminated, and it's very… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
My idea is to integrate black stars into mainstream stars. It hasn't been explored properly. That's what Im doing in Hollywood. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same… — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
