The history of Black Americans in South Carolina is riddled with trials and tribulations. — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I warn black Americans'don't get too mixed. A little is fine, but not to the point where you're out of the family. — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“Black Americans were hardly losing any moral or cultural battles. They were being violently and nonviolently defeated in political and economic battles,… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“Prison presented a solution: jobs for whites, and warehousing for blacks. Mass incarceration “widened the income gap between white and black Americans,” — Ta-Nehisi Coates 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
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
News flash to black Americans: Barack Obama has never loved you, and by now, it should be clear to you! — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The president who did the most for black Americans in 20th century history was Lyndon Johnson, and he got his hands dirty… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
I think all in all, one thing a lot of plays seem to be saying is that we need to, as black… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
My biggest inspiration is black America and what they've done in the arts. I have always felt like an outsider in America,… — Hasan Minhaj 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
We are in a diversity age. I talk about the lack of diversity for black Americans, but what about the Asian Americans?… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
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
I happen to know at least a hundred Sudanese refugees in the United States, all of whom were taken in by white… — Kola Boof 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
“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
“[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
One of my brothers in my adopted family converted to Islam and I love him with all my heart. I have Muslim… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
I realized that most white Americans knew very little about our history and our struggle, and were having difficulty understanding the basis… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
“You have probably seen the order from Washington which cuts down the pay for colored troops from $13 to $10. Of course… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
There's no reason why you can't say "August Wilson, playwright" even though all of my work, every single play, is about black… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“What is more surprising is that, as surveys have found, working-class whites are the most pessimistic group in America. More pessimistic than… — J.D. Vance 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
“public statements condemning segregation, sharply worded telegrams to Washington, and meetings with White House officials—were demonstrably ineffectual. New and more dramatic measures… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“...would factor into a wealth disparity of white Americans having an average net worth ten times that of black Americans by the… — Wilkerson Isabel Copy Share Image
Muhammad Ali is my hero. Yes, he was the best boxer in the world, but he also put himself on the line.… — David Haye Copy Share Image
Part-black generally means all-black in Americans' minds. Just as part-Asian or part-Hispanic or part-anything-else usually puts individuals in those minority-groups' camps. — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
The closest Indian analogy to the position of black Americans is that of the Dalits - formerly called 'Untouchables,' the outcastes who… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
And if you want to make many of our black leaders angry, just tell them that racism is not the number problem… — Shelby Steele 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
Yes, of course, black Americans are a special group, and I'm disappointed that they're not Republicans, given our traditions. We're not getting… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
My kids are the reason I continue to strive for something better. They know - as kids who are Muslim, Somali, black… — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
As we continue our fight to advance civil rights and racial justice, we need to not only recognize but celebrate how Hip… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Black Americans have organized all across this country because we have an unequal justice system, not because anyone demands special privileges. — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
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