I write for myself and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage… — August Wilson 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
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
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them. — Muhammad Ali 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
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
“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
“The official erasure of any existence before enslavement – as if black Americans did not exist before the yolk and the chains… — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
“Physicians, patients, and ethicists must also understand that acknowledging abuse and encouraging African Americans to participate in research are compatible goals. History… — Harriet A. Washington 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
“Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The aggressive… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We have far more options for black Americans to tell stories outside of slavery, but whenever it comes to slavery, it's an… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
Ron Karenga wrote a book back in 1968, and in that book, he said that the reason, part of his motivation for… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have… — David W. Blight Copy Share Image
Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most… — Nikki Giovanni 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
I think the play offers (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans For instance, in 'Fences' they see a… — August Wilson 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
“The United States is the least racist multiracial country in the world. It is probably the best place in the world for… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African.… — idowu koyenikan 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
“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
I think anyone that comes to Nigeria has to offer value. What value are you bringing? There are Black Americans here. I… — Mo Abudu Copy Share Image
Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I've had, are sort of insulted that the… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
I think it's a bit of a myth that black Americans need one leader. We're not a monolith. And now that legal… — John Legend Copy Share Image
We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I happen to think that conservatism, when properly applied to the 21st century, could actually help everybody. And the message of Trump's… — J. D. Vance 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
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
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
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
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
So white guilt is not a guilt of conscience; it's not something that you get up in the morning and say, my… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“Abraham Lincoln struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led them into voting booths, closed democracy’s… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
“Since neither black animosity nor the Left’s falsehood of “racial tensions” is based on the actual behavior of the vast majority of… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
In fact, the religious right consists of an alliance of several groups that, without experiencing anything like the oppression visited on black… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Let it be said that when given a chance to complete the liberation of black Americans, on June 23, 2003 five justices… — Ward Connerly Copy Share Image
We have a tendency in this country that when we say Black it automatically means Black Americans. But that's a big mistake,… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
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