I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Only by acknowledging the full extent of slavery's full grip on U.S. Society - its intimate connections to present day wealth and… — Douglas A. Blackmon Copy Share Image
“Regarding faith, my adherence to Islam had not diminished over the years since my conversion, but I had modified it from the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“An American pilot flying a Spad VII swooped low and dropped a bomb over their position. Walter was hit and badly wounded.… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
“[I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calling ourselves 'African American' is not only… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“Those studies showed that White Americans consistently received more help than Black Americans. The only harm done to Black Americans in those… — Mahzarin R. Banaji Copy Share Image
Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer. — Alphonso Jackson Copy Share Image
“Never since the days of the Spartan Helots has history recorded such brutality as has been ever since the war and as… — Lucy Parsons Copy Share Image
The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of… — George Packer Copy Share Image
For black Americans, we know that gun control... sprouts from racist soil - be it after the or during the infamous Dred… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
A powerful way to sidestep America's reluctance to become postracial would be for more black Americans to become postnational. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
“We’re indignant that men get paid more than women for doing the same work, and that white Americans earn more than black… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
“America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big teeth that… — Abiodun Oyewole Copy Share Image
I don't see a huge difference between the African condition and the black American condition. The only real difference is that black… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“The Great Migration would not end until the 1970s, when the South began finally to change—the whites-only signs came down, the all-white… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“Jimmy likely wrote all three editorials, and one, titled “Who Is for Law and Order?” carried his byline. He argued that the… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
Literature has been a treacherous site for black Americans because literary production has been so tied with the project of proving our… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
“Equal protection under the law is not a hard principle to convince Americans of. The difficulty comes in persuading them that it… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
