African american Quote by Bernice Johnson Reagon

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

The fact that I was African American was never addressed, and that allowed me to just be a student, like anyone else. I was…

— Misty Copeland

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of…

— Michael N. Castle

“considering how thorough-going was the capture of the minds of the Blacks, it is really not surprising that so many Negro scholars still faithfully…

— Chancellor Williams

The final test of Afro-American studies will be the extent to which they rid the minds of whites and blacks alike of false learning,…

— Jay Saunders Redding

I was blessed to get an education available to few black women in Africa at that time. Every woman should be able to get…

— Julia Mavimbela

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

“These remarks should not be interpreted as simply an effort to move the gaze of African-American studies to a different site. I do not…

— Toni Morrison

The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we…

— Bobby Seale

“Physicians, patients, and ethicists must also understand that acknowledging abuse and encouraging African Americans to participate in research are compatible goals. History and today's…

— Harriet A. Washington

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year…

— Dick Gregory

Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge was deciding…

— Henry Louis Gates