The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president. — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
How ridiculous! You're going to have the first black president apologize for slavery? — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
At least they [people] showed the world we could elect a black president. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We have a black President in the United States. I think the world has matured. It's no longer about colour, but the… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a… — Allen West Copy Share Image
We're ready for a real black President - someone like Jay-Z. Obama's fine, just not all black. He's our gateway Negro. — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought we'd come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a… — Harvey Gantt Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that there's some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Wasn't Winston Churchill the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me... that's black... — Danielle O'Hara Copy Share Image
It's a new world that's very, very difficult to make sense of. But we have a new hope. We have a new… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I think that having a black president in America has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I think that having a black president in this country has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
I figured that if we had to choose the woman president, she'd be the first woman president, and if we had the… — Al Green Copy Share Image
And of course, in the case of Barack Obama, had he not won primaries - and particularly the heavily important caucus in… — Geoffrey Cowan Copy Share Image
I know that so many of us hoped that, by electing our first black president, we had turned the page on this… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
(The mainstream media) are so vested in our first black president not being a failure that it's going to be amazing to… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
White folks are the luckiest people: Finally a black president and he's a behaved one. Went to the best schools, best colleges,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“The crude communal myth about black men is that we are in some manner unavailable to black women—either jailed, dead, gay, or… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I've never thought that I would see any man of color, not just a black president, but any man of color, I… — Donte Stallworth Copy Share Image
In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
All that rejection from Republicans has a bit of a racist element. It was very necessary to have a black president, and… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The first thing that always pops into my head regarding our president, is that all of the people who are setting up… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I will never forget working in the White House for the first Black president. — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me. — Mario Cantone Copy Share Image
I wonder: Would there be a black president if people hadn't already begun imagining, through film and television, that a black man… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Let me tell you the truth: I'm 45 years old. I never thought that I would live to see a black president. — Coolio Copy Share Image
With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now. — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest… — Meek Mill Copy Share Image