Black people Quote by Algee Smith

It's important to tell the story you're telling in the right way, which might involve black people or people of whatever heritage or ethnicity…

— Ethan Coen

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are…

— David Oyelowo

We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our…

— Erykah Badu

It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a…

— James McBride

I just want to tell black stories.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other.

— William Barr

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I spent 12 years of my life writing stories without black people. That's insane to me. It's insane that I could have believed in…

— Tomi Adeyemi

There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black.

— Yvonne Orji

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

If you see black people being portrayed in this one way well then, when you see a black person in real life, you're going…

— KiKi Layne

Everybody has told the story of black people in struggle except black people. The black people in the struggle haven't had the means to…

— DeRay Mckesson