Our criminal-justice system has for decades been infected with a mindset that views black boys and men in particular as a problem… — Michelle Alexander 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
As young black boys in Alief, Texas, my friends and I often spent afternoons imagining ourselves scoring the game-winning touchdown at the… — Martellus Bennett Copy Share Image
“What I’m asking is will watching The Discovery Channel with my young black boy instead of the news coverage of the riot… — Jennifer Givhan Copy Share Image
Of course Black Lives Matter and the killing of young black boys is heartbreaking to all of us. Everyone knows I am… — Rozonda Thomas Copy Share Image
I have two brown boys I have to raise and I have to teach them the inequalities that being a black man… — A. J. Green 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
Bodybuilding has been the tool that single-handedly taught a little black boy from the projects to use his mind to achieve success.… — Kai Greene 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
That's the trouble with, I think, my - the contemporary read of my work. So many people just simply say, "These are… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“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
“You will not wonder at his weird pilgrimage,-who who in the swift whifl of living, amid its cold paradox and marvelous vision,… — W.E.B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“The attendant looked at Camilo, looked at Link, blandly, incuriously. Link thought, In New York all the black boys who go in… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
Every February, we reflect on and honor the achievements, struggles, and icons that comprise Black history. As a proud, Black man running… — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Part of what I am dealing with, with this blackness, is asking the question, "Where are those black people, who are as… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
