African american Quote by Andrew Young

“By 1860, two of every three of the relatively few Americans whose wealth surpassed $100,000 lived below the Mason-Dixon Line. New York at that…

— Nancy MacLean

Financial inequity for African Americans has been perpetuated by companies that are known to have benefited from the institution of slavery.

— Al N. Green

I'm one of the people who believes that our losses were greater than our gains. Because before the Civil Rights movement we had entrepreneurship…

— John Henrik Clarke

The people of the Southern States now own near five millions of these negroes, and they are worth to them near three millions of…

— Anonymous

There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you a little…

— Aldis Hodge

“Moreover, the industrial revolution in the United States, as in most of Europe, depended significantly upon a slave trade that involved elaborate mechanisms for…

— Mark Lewis Taylor

That's one of the beauties, I think, of African American life. There was this thing called slavery and adjustments were made. It literally destroyed…

— John Edgar Wideman

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

One of the worst and most disheartening data points that I came across when doing research for 'The Wealth Cure' was that African-Americans passed…

— Hill Harper

The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself of valuable contributions from…

— Kenneth Clark

“The idea that the commodification and suffering and forced labor of African Americans is what made the United States powerful and rich is not…

— Edward E. Baptist

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

— Yvette Clarke