I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing… — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
You don't smear somebody as a racist when there is obviously nothing there. — Bernard Goldberg Copy Share Image
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it. — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
[Martin Luther] King subpoened the nation's conscience. He was killed for it. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
Life without prejudice, were it ever to be tried, would soon reveal itself to be a life without principle. — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone... — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
I've never said that you should have segregation of the school system or any other. — George Wallace Copy Share Image
I prefer the 1950s where people were like, "I'm a white supremacist, and that's who I am." Now people want to burn… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Whether it's racism, homophobia, misogyny, transphobia, xenophobia, religious intolerance or other bias - we demand to live in a country where we… — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this is… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
Ray Charles revolutionary approach to music was also reflected in his politics and his deep and abiding commitment to Martin Luther King… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
It's depressing to see blacks wanting to dive into the mainstream of American commercial life. They come from a magnificent African culture… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Once you get on to the racetrack on Sunday and you strap your helmet on and you come down especially toward the… — Kyle Busch Copy Share Image
“With every Black first, the blame shifted to those Black people who failed to break away. Du Bois’s The Crisis tried to… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed the collection of myths to which white Americans cling: that their… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“What, you think if you live next door to them, they'll treat you different?" "Why does it always have to be about… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well… But now… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind's belief that we… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Women have been oppressed for so long in any industry, it just takes time for a shift to happen to create more… — Maya Jane Coles Copy Share Image
You CAN NOT judge previous generations by today's standards. Today Mark Twain is called by many, a racist. By the standards of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image