Black Quote by Angela Davis

Black people have been working hard for decades.

— Cornel West

I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth…

— Eugene Puryear

That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown…

— Angela Davis

We can make black lives matter in the labor movement by building the kinds of movements that black women need to shape a new…

— Alicia Garza

Actually we've had a black bourgeoisie or the makings of a black bourgeoisie for many more decades.In a sense the quest for the emancipation…

— Angela Davis

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill…

— Assata Shakur

We cannot hope, then, in this generation, or for several generations, that the mass of the whites can be brought to assume that close…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

Over the years, black leaders have been slow to recognize the need for a very, very progressive agenda. Anytime someone has talked about putting…

— William Julius Wilson

Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of…

— Angela Davis

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.

— William Weld

A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into…

— William Julius Wilson

I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk…

— Nate Powell