When I was a player the mentality was black people would make good players but weren't captain material or managerial material. That… — Chris Hughton Copy Share Image
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[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
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There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
In England, you feel like a member of the revolutionary guard the minute you even mention race. But I do think that… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
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The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
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What I really feel is necessary is that the black people in this country wil have to upset this apple cart. We… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
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![“[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.” quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/ta-nehisi-coates-733_ability_grew-up-in-hawaii-that-gave-barack-obama_75931.png)
![“If we [black people] do not show up and support the march towards cinematic equality, the march towards being on a level at - we don't even have to be higher than whites, but to be viewed in the same common thread of this is a professional, these are stories that people are interested in, instead…” quote by Terrence Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/terrence-howard-10939_black_if-we-black-people-do-not-show-up-and-su_1971737.jpg)
![“Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."” quote by Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/julianne-malveaux-8775_barack_black-child-poverty-is-higher-as-i-write_2034866.jpg)
