I was adopted my black Americans, I feel that I'm a 'Hybrid'. When I'm around Africans'I suddenly feel very black American. And… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The black man in North America was economically sick and that was evident in one simple fact: as a consumer, he got… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“You look like a black American" was his ultimate compliment, which he told her when she wore a nice dress, or when… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Although Chester wrote about Harlem and black workers struggling to get ahead, he was reared in the Deep South and Cleveland, the… — Lawrence P. Jackson Copy Share Image
I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul.… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
“Mr. Berkowitz clicks open his black American Tourister rolling suitcase. Inside, his tools: a microscope, an old canister with the faded label… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
In looking at difficulties in the black American community over the years, it has always astounded me how much white Americans take… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I'm a black American playwright. I couldn't be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they're all cut… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Black women are some of the most colorful women in the world. We come in all shadeshave so many hair textures..eye colors..body… — Skye Townsend Copy Share Image
“The overriding problem with BGFs is not rooted in the fact that they are Greek-letter organizations with unique practices or that their… — Ricky L. Jones Copy Share Image
I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular. — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
The performance of black American identity feels very different from actually living in a black body. There's a dissonance between inside and… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Other countries get to support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine. As soon as I support Black American athletes, I get criticized. — Floyd Mayweather Copy Share Image
Exposing Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam's wicked radicalization of black American males must become a key component of our national… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became… — Lulu Copy Share Image
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Well, protest is central to the evolution of black American culture. It was protest that really finally won our freedom for us.… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
