I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“black people frequently disqualified themselves even without the WHITES ONLY sign in view” — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
Is it possible that more black people hate the President than are actually alive? — Stephanie Miller Copy Share Image
In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“In Chicago, two days later, two black people beat and robbed a “white boy” in revenge for Trayvon. Eighteen-year-old Alton Hayes III… — Colin Flaherty Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I first started writing plays I couldn't write good dialogue because I didn't respect how black people talked. I thought that… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
You cannot collectively, as a society, decide that you are only going to represent one part of a minority. It's like saying… — Jordan Gavaris Copy Share Image
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I met one child there eleven years old, speaking three languages [in Guinea]. He could speak English, French and Malinke. Speaking my… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to… — Dawoud Bey Copy Share Image
It's time for us as Black people to realize that we can do more than one thing. — Mase Copy Share Image
If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that was one of the reasons I loved 'Moonlight.' I don't remember if there's a single white person in that… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
When I look at American history, I see how it has been driven by resistance and protest against a system that has… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people. — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
The now cool for Black people list: Skateboarding, listening to rock music, wearing clothes that fit, being the token black guy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Republicans are just rich, old, white people - that's all they are. You ever see the Republican National Convention? All white people… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
Being in the immigrant rights space, I've heard a lot of transactional talk with questions like, 'When will black people show up… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
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