African american Quote by Ashley Graham

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

— Shawn Amos

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

For my mum, it was really important to teach me and my brothers, so it came more from her to be honest than anything…

— Vick Hope

My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and '70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington, D.C.…

— Brett Kavanaugh

Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four…

— Big Sean

I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music and early…

— Robert Greene

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

— Lynn Swann

My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors…

— Amanda Seales

I went to school in the 70s and the 80s, and the last thing I expected of my schools back then was that they…

— David Olusoga

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

Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white setting and…

— Bell Hooks

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part…

— Johnny Otis