Agency Quote by Andrew Gillum

I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the…

— Bernie Sanders

My background is: I'm a Black man in America, victim of police brutality, victim of institutional racism, working-class from working-class roots.

— Jamaal Bowman

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police…

— Jeremy Renner

I have spent years representing victims of racial profiling and police brutality and investigating patterns of drug law enforcement in poor communities of color…

— Michelle Alexander

Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who…

— Kamala Harris

As an artist and as a Black woman coming out of a background that emphasizes service, there are certain responsibilities that I must assume.…

— Yolanda King

I am a black woman, and my experiences would not be what they are if I wasn't. I'm so happy to share those experiences…

— Misty Copeland

While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me.…

— Tupac Shakur

I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.

— Bill Duke

My mother was the first African-American policewoman in Seattle - recruited, actually - and she did it for only 2 years, as she did…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I was raised in Mississippi, in a family and a community that identified as black, and I have the stories and the experiences to…

— Jesmyn Ward