African Quote by Barack Obama

I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst…

— Lena Horne

Every day of my life I walk with the idea I am black no matter how successful I am.

— Danny Glover

There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.

— Clarence Thomas

I stay connected in my head. I'm spiritually and psychologically connected to African-Americans. They are my people, and that will never change.

— Assata Shakur

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

— Junot Diaz

I am a black woman, and I'm proud of that, but as a showrunner, I want to think about what makes me unique beyond…

— Courtney A. Kemp

I want to be known for what I am, black and white, because I'm proud of both.

— Logic

I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find…

— Ornette Coleman

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that's everybody's wish... I try to be a role…

— Michael Jordan

It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes…

— Barack Obama

Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.

— Vernon Jordan