The history of Oregon is partially the history of a state that legislated not wanting black people around. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
This feeling African-Americans have, this skepticism towards the police and the skepticism that the police show towards African-Americans is actually quite old.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
We know that gun violence disproportionately affects Black people in this country, and that was no exception with my son Jordan. — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
“White people were, and are, astounded by the holocaust in Germany. They did not know that they could act that way. But… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
It's important to tell the story you're telling in the right way, which might involve black people or people of whatever heritage… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
“He had dreadlocks, which is what some black people have, but he was white, and dreadlocks is when you never wash your… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. The fight for equality isn't over yet. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Words have consequences, and I judge people not only by their words but what they do. And if you look at people… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
I had gone to law school thinking that I would do something in the service of black people. — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Farrakhan got everybody together for the Million Man March and everything. But Farrakhan don't like the Jews. Which is bugged. I get… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
The Circle Theatre, black people had to sit in the balcony. Any theater with a balcony, black people had to sit up… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
When I found photography, I found this other kind of portraiture of black families and black people who were photographing themselves or… — Amy Sherald Copy Share Image
You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I collaborated with so many people from Chicago - so many Black people, young Black women organizations like BYP100 and Assata's Daughters.… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
I have spoken all over the world and I have great respect for Muslims, I have great respect for the African people,… — David Duke Copy Share Image
They'll touch you and look at your skin to see if it's paint. I'm not playing. All Russia is not like that.… — Gerald Green Copy Share Image
When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
When white people eat potato chips, they're called white people. When black people eat potato chips, they're called niggas. — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good… — Angela Rye Copy Share Image
