Black Leaders Quotes

I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.

— Clarence Thomas

The enemy has always been able to point the finger of suspicion and/or guilt to Black leaders that they are enriching themselves…

— Louis Farrakhan

Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand on you, you're OK.'…

— Douglas Wilder

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

— John Legend

We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.

— Al Sharpton

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

— Thomas Sowell

And if you want to make many of our black leaders angry, just tell them that racism is not the number problem…

— Shelby Steele

The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of…

— Henry Louis Gates

“Current black leaders preach racial hatred and welfare dependency, not peace and independence. They earn their fat salaries by stirring up the…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century…

— Henry Louis Gates

“We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man…

— Margaret Sanger

Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting…

— Nas

Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This…

— Gwen Ifill

We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must…

— Malcolm X

“There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America’s jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X’s} spirit that they became…

— Cornel West

Over the years, black leaders have been slow to recognize the need for a very, very progressive agenda. Anytime someone has talked…

— William Julius Wilson

If the white man can come here uneducated and as an immigrant, and within 10 or 15 years set up an industry…

— Malcolm X

“The belief in the power of "institutional racism" allows black civil rights leaders to denounce America as a "racist" society, when it…

— David Horowitz

“it would have been better never to have made a sacrifice of blood and treasure to save the Union than to have…

— Ron Chernow

“I think Republicans should fight for the black vote and blacks should fight for a place in the Republican Party, just as…

— Bruce Bartlett

“As a black man Al, who went through the Civil rights fight in the 60s just like you did, and saw the…

— Ken Hutcherson

“On February 7, President Johnson met at the White House with five black leaders, including Frederick Douglass, who came to lobby for…

— Ron Chernow

“During the racial confrontations of the 1960s, An American Dilemma encountered rising criticism from activists and scholars who disputed Myrdal's optimism about…

— James T. Patterson