Apprehension Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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

If I can relate the black experience to white people, then they can understand us better and not be so afraid.

— Eddie Griffin

“When black folk say “Black Lives Matter,” they are in search of simple recognition. That they are decent human beings, that they aren’t likely…

— Michael Eric Dyson

We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as noble and…

— Henry Louis Gates

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are…

— Thomas Jefferson

For generations, black children have been brought up to have a critical race consciousness, a framework for dealing with prejudice and discrimination, which helps…

— Rachel Simmons

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinctby time and circumstances, are inferior…

— Thomas Jefferson

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

— Maya Angelou

“One important aspect of black children's learning is that they tend to be significantly more sensitive to whether their teacher likes and believes in…

— Michele Stephenson

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated, that we are indeed messy, that we do our best with…

— Viola Davis