I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
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My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is… — David Banner Copy Share Image
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Donald Trump's slogan: "Let's make America great again." And when I hear that, that seems to suggest there was a moment in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I need to be famous so I can talk about religion. I can talk about God. It's an expensive price that I… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Until White America can look through the eyes of a Black man, nothing will change. Even we as Black people sometimes don't… — Antonio Cromartie Copy Share Image
“Don’t you know that slavery was outlawed?” “No,” the guard said, “you’re wrong. Slavery was outlawed with the exception of prisons. Slavery… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Even in the '80s and '90s, many white Southerners were still bitter about court decisions that required racial integration of the schools.… — Brianna Wu Copy Share Image
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by… — Kristin Hunter Copy Share Image
Christianity is integral to not only the culture and black culture at large, but also the survival of black people at large.… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
“Aurit argued that for the person with more power in a relationship to refuse to take seriously the unhappiness of the other,… — Adelle Waldman Copy Share Image
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Black History Month is dedicated to heroes that paved the way for Black people. It's a month that's very imperative because it… — Alana Beard Copy Share Image
In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
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I don't understand why black people have been so quiescent, so passive over the hundreds of years of American history. Why hasn't… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
“Double consciousness is knowing the particularity of the white world in the face of its enforced claim to universality. Double consciousness is… — Steve Biko Copy Share Image
I think the play offers (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans For instance, in 'Fences' they see a… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“It's not that there are no differences between human and non-human animals, any more than there are no differences between black people… — David Pearce Copy Share Image
Maybe when the President tells you that you should be afraid of Mexicans or Muslims or Jews or black people or gay… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
I don't believe in aliens. I don't think aliens or ghosts like black people. We never get abducted; our houses never get… — Xzibit Copy Share Image
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Michael [Jackson] reconstructed his face and deconstructed the African features into a spooky European geography of fleshly possibilities, and yet what we… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to… — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
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I was doing cartoons and mocking white liberals, mocking the attitude of government who said to go slow, while intending to do… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
You can read Windrush as a morality tale, but it is about the future of black people in the Caribbean. Where next… — Hilary Beckles Copy Share Image
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