Black Quote by Alex Haley

Very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources, whether it's labor or whether it's land from one racial group to…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

Under slavery, families were ripped apart, and it was a desire of black men and black women to be together with their loved ones.…

— Derrick Grayson

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Black people are experiencing a systemic disadvantage, and it goes back to slavery, which was not that long ago.

— Justin Simien

The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not…

— Kerry Washington

Black people have slavery. And white people have our own thing-stuff we went though that hurt us that we have to cope with. Like…

— Louis C. K

The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country.

— Rza

Young black men in America have an identity ascribed to them that is a direct legacy of slavery.

— Henry Giroux

Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites…

— Thomas Sowell

Slavery ended, but the idea of race lived on.

— Michelle Alexander

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

— Tina Turner