African american Quote by Al N. Green

From their resilience through the brutalities of slavery to the ongoing fight for equity, African Americans have played a critical role as the economic…

— Al N. Green

When you have a policy of making sure that African Americans cannot build wealth, of plundering African American communities of wealth, giving opportunities to…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“In Chicago and across the country, whites looking to achieve the American dream could rely on a legitimate credit system backed by the government.…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I…

— Andrew Young

African-Americans don't need handouts and donations; we can hire ourselves if white corporate America does business with us in a fair and equitable way.

— Byron Allen

“African Americans own 2.7 percent of the nation’s wealth, and make up 40 percent of the incarcerated population.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

— Anonymous

The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted, and there's…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.

— Jefferson Davis

Billions of dollars have been lost to the Negro race within the last fifty years through disloyalty on the part of successful Negroes, who…

— Marcus Garvey

My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up in the…

— Michelle Singletary

“how much more control and opportunities would African-Americans have if ownership was part of the mix and not just participation?”

— Ash Cash