“Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. Black America… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Lieutenant Thomas R. Gilligan, thirty-seven, was off duty and out of uniform, checking out TVs in an electronics store. He went to… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I endeavor to connect young black boys with the necessary resources, which will afford them the opportunity to matriculate in this society… — Phaedra Parks Copy Share Image
“When now we turn and look five miles above, there on the edge of town are five houses of prostitutes,—two of blacks… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Listen, I traipse no I run no I sprint--a fat, impotent ghoul sprung straight from the cellar of my childhood home--past the… — Leland Pitts-Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“I imagine us in Eden— two black boys in Paradise, naked, no fig leaves. Adam and Eve are long gone, so Kieran… — Dean Atta Copy Share Image
“i saw three little black boys lying in a grave yard i couldn’t tell if they were playing or practicing.” — Baba Lukata Copy Share Image
I was a black boy at the height of the crack era, which meant that my instructors pitched education as the border… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“The degree of ignorance cannot easily be expressed. We may say, for instance, that nearly two-thirds of them cannot read or write.… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
When 'Jelly's' went out on tour, no one really wanted it. It was undersold. And I knew if I gave 'Noise' to… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Playing in the NFL isn't really - and shouldn't have to be - every black boy's dream. But black boys don't always… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
Black boy, white boy, Clean black boy, white boy clothes, Black boy, white boy style, Makes the black girl, white girl notice… — Travis Porter Copy Share Image
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I hope that there's a little black boy somewhere in Montana that never thought that he would see a reflection of himself,… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
People really cannot understand the concept of a black boy in a tracksuit in London being from Scotland. — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
Black fathers are often disappointed if their sons aren't good at sports. Not excelling at sports as a black boy meant not… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
I have two little black boys. And a film like 'Do the Right Thing' can help illuminate the times for them with… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
I've been in situations where I was 'black boy white,' or 'white boy black.' People didn't know, "Is he the whitest black… — Kevin michael Copy Share Image
I think a lot of L.A. is something like USC - this incredible white culture living in the midst of color, and… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
“I think of my grandma and remember that old feeling of being so in love that nothing matters except seeing and being… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school. — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
I've had this sensibility since I was a child. If there was a black boy in the school, I was the friend.… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
When you look at me you don't immediately imagine a very very glamorous icon, so it's only in the theater that I… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
“ His one friend was the black boy, Pepeu, whom he held in thrall. Together they plucked finches alive, made certain experiments with… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
You can call me Mr. Porter, Black boy, white boy stitches, Eagle on my chest and my Levi britches, I think I'm… — Travis Porter Copy Share Image
