I'm light skinned, and I used to lean on that because that's something a lot of black people pride themselves on, and… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I think the two issues, racism and chauvinism, are linked. Look at how much weaker was support for U.S. actions in Iraq… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same… — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
God Bless Black People, Black Is Beauty. Once You Go Black, You Never Go Back. — Don Kel Copy Share Image
I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater. — DMX Copy Share Image
We have police officers who may devalue the life of Black people. And that's what we have to change. — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Things were tough. Segregation was all around - in the schools, the buses, the restaurants, the theaters. But Dr. King worked hard… — Jesse White Copy Share Image
I learned that in order to have a strong and credible voice, I needed to do more research into the history of… — Logan Browning Copy Share Image
One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Ali helped raise black people in this country out of mental slavery. The entire experience of being black changed for millions of… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
Black people in America, people from the struggle, immigrants, it's no generational wealth that we are attached to, so we are tasked… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
“What pretty much guaranteed that Johnson would side with white supremacists was his benighted view of black people. No American president has… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds -- some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“I don't expect everyone to feel the same way that I do about land. For so many of us, the scars are… — J. Drew Lanham Copy Share Image
“Some people cannot afford to believe that this country isn’t that bad, that as Hillary Clinton said, “America is great because America… — Yaa Gyasi Copy Share Image
“Racial stereotyping. For Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders, the sin of white racism was stereotyping all black people… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
Within the lesbian community I am Black, and within the Black community I am a lesbian. Any attack against Black people is… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I'll start with the reality. If we're having problems nationally, we're having problems on the state level and then on the local… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
“There is an ethnic component lurking in the background of my story. In our race-conscious society, our vocabulary often extends no further… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
“I think all black people who smile are beautiful You know what it took to get them there?” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
Selling out is a myth. Bill Gates isn't selling out, is he? Richard Branson isn't selling out. Why can't black people make… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
Race means family and all black people whether they like it or not, are family. — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
You got black people in an all-white country and they don't know nothing about themselves. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Attacking the ability of black people to govern through specious claims that we are a danger to white people is nothing short… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim. — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
“We aren't so called black people. We are black people. Be black and proud!” — Dr.Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr Copy Share Image
Dream of the land , my soul is from. I hear a hand, stroke on the drum. Shades of delight, cocoa veiw.… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I think that humanity is at an all-time low in how we value life, especially among young Black people. We just don't… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
Throughout history there have been black people who have played mammies, all sorts of offensive images, who didn't mind doing it. — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
The easy answer is to say that it's a part for black people to see black heroes, but to me it's important… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
“Any ministry to black people which is not designed to effect their empowerment is designed to perpetuate their enslavement.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival. — August Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I think that unlearning race for black people is more along the lines of seriously saying blackness isn't real, race isn't real. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things. — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
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