If I could offer a single prescription for the survival of America, and particularly black America, it would be to restore the… — William Raspberry Copy Share Image
Black America Has Allowed Itself to Be Used by Race-Baiters and White Liberal Elitists — Amy Ridenour Copy Share Image
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ...… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
It is not the destiny of Black America to repeat white America's mistakes. But we will, if we mistake the trappings of… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I always want to read something about our people's enslavement near the 4th. To keep it light, I also read Rolanda Watts'… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
I think there's a sort of, you know, very thin way of reading this that says, well, Barack Obama is biracial thus… — Ta-Nehisi Coates 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
Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
What is being black? It's making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that's seen… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
There's a class divide in black America that doesn't seem to trouble black Americans so much, but whites use it and exploit… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
