Anything Quote by Andrew Young

“Most white people in Midland City were insecure when they spoke, so they kept their sentences short and their words simple, in order to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

This black history month, learn about the people you don't know a lot about. Go deeper than 'I have a dream.'

— Anonymous

I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books.

— Rza

I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history.

— Ed Dwight

Black youth, in general, have no understanding of our past. Young black people who don't know who Martin Luther King Jr. was, don't know…

— Yolanda King

In terms of school, we never got taught anything about black history. Growing up, a lot of things are hidden away from you.

— Andre Gray

We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as noble and…

— Henry Louis Gates

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I don't think a white person can write accurately and convincingly about what black people experience of oppression.

— Alice Mattison

There haven't been enough profound things written about what being black means and what a black character is. Nobody knows.

— James Earl Jones

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

— Algee Smith

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

— William Barr