African american Quote by Anonymous

Combining the lack of emotional literacy they may be imbued with, with the fact that if you're black you're not supposed to be that…

— John Amaechi

African American boys oftentimes fall behind in school early, start feeling discouraged, check out, drop out, end up on the streets and then get…

— Barack Obama

“...if a parent does not know how to love and nurture a child while he is young, especially black boys, that child will grow…

— Daniel Whyte III

As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.

— Russell Hornsby

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel…

— Michael Nutter

“There appears to be a vast amount of confusion on this point, but I do not know many Negroes who are eager to be…

— James Baldwin

“The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed the collection of myths to which white Americans cling: that their ancestors were…

— James Baldwin

“The root of the black man’s hatred is rage, and he does not so much hate white men as simply wants them out of…

— James Baldwin

“Several researchers have found that the pressures that Black men and boys experience exact a toll on their (our)1 psychological and emotional well-being. How…

— Pedro A. Noguera

An American Negro, however deep his sympathies, or however bright his rage, ceases to be simply a black man when he faces a black…

— James A. Baldwin

For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is…

— Wynton Marsalis

“It is my belief that conscious African American students ought to be in a constant state of rage and in a constant search for…

— Pearl Cleage