“Jimmy likely wrote all three editorials, and one, titled “Who Is for Law and Order?” carried his byline. He argued that the… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: she hated them, and wanted… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Back in the day, prior to rock and roll, music halls, concert venues were segregated if they allowed black people in at… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
“It is, then, not simply a question of black power or white power, but of how meaningfully to reenfranchise human power. This,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
“Most white people in Midland City were insecure when they spoke, so they kept their sentences short and their words simple, in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by… — Jewell Jackson McCabe Copy Share Image
Without the presence of black people in America, European-Americans would not be "white"-- they would be Irish, Italians, Poles, Welsh, and other… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“She told him the origins of the “buck dance,” when “white people would come up and say ‘N____r, dance’, and then start… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
I was just an infant when [Fannie Lou] Hamer spoke - barley even awake in the world. But here she was, pressing… — Leah D. Daughtry Copy Share Image
There are so many things to talk about between black people, Hispanic people, white people, gay people, men, women, it's all based… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
People don't realize how black people, minorities, women as well, all their lives, they have had to make the effort to understand… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
“In society’s daylight, black people are invisible. Black people are also invisible at night. Hooray for flashlights!” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Too often black people are confronted with an assumption that there is only one way to be black, and that anyone who… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. If you are tremendously successful, and you're black,… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Black people are often praised as heroes for saving a country that treats us like third-class citizens, yet when it comes to… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Black people ALL are fightin' you all for freedom, justice and equality. One believes that intermarriage is gonna solve it, and 200… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
America that is divided against itself cannot stand, and we cannot say we have all of this unity they say we have… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
White people moving into Brooklyn, I don't see anything wrong with that. I think that's fine and I think that's beautiful, but… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show . . . What straight black man sits there and watches… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
When the residue of oppression and fear are compounded over time, when the historical precedents of policing and discrimination manifest themselves over… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image