African american Quote by Bell Hooks

In American history, Black people are usually the ones doing the work, pushing the boundaries of what America is supposed to mean, challenging the…

— Jason Johnson

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and…

— Bell Hooks

The history of black people in America, it's so painful. But throughout all that history there has still been the ability of our community…

— KiKi Layne

Black people are on earth for one purpose: to destroy, and not to build. The reason: It's not in them to show respect to…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

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

I will probably have a tendency to lean toward trying to resolve the issues that negatively impact black people, but the overall picture and…

— David Banner

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is…

— Stokely Carmichael

The most important thing in my life is that trying to ameliorate, redeem, the image in particular of African American men, or Black men…

— Harry Lennix

Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.

— DeRay Mckesson

That is the thing that brought the Black community through so many of the hardships that we've faced historically. It's the ability to love…

— KiKi Layne

Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with that -…

— Common

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson