African americans Quote by Anonymous

The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted, and there's…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.

— Jefferson Davis

My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up in the…

— Michelle Singletary

The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and…

— Danny K. Davis

Since the nations founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die but then…

— Michelle Alexander

The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.

— Eric Garcetti

I think what is being pointed out by African-Americans is that from slavery forward they have been living in a supposed democracy which treats…

— Joan Wallach Scott

“In addition, the most reliable and recent studies of African tribal culture demonstrated that slavery was a long-standing custom among the Africans themselves, so…

— Joseph J. Ellis

I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed.…

— Mitt Romney

The history of black women in the economy is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Enslaved black women were forced to provide care work,…

— Alicia Garza

The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period…

— Jim Webb

As black people, we want our story to be this constant ascendance from slavery. But it's not like that. You push and it goes…

— Stanley Nelson Jr