Alive Quote by Beth Macy

We have far more options for black Americans to tell stories outside of slavery, but whenever it comes to slavery, it's an uncomfortable subject.…

— Aldis Hodge

Pleas for white acceptance of black humanity have a long and terrible history in America, stretching back to the first slave narratives.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

History is a story like any other, but black history is a story so devoid of logic that it frustrates the young reader. The…

— Rumaan Alam

The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of how long…

— Lonnie Bunch

When 93 percent of our stories are told by white men, it's an issue. And if those white men go on and tell the…

— Lexi Alexander

The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself…

— Haile Gerima

'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I…

— Tessa Thompson

Everybody has told the story of black people in struggle except black people. The black people in the struggle haven't had the means to…

— DeRay Mckesson

Blacks in America want to forget about slavery - the stigma, the shame. If you can't be who you are, who can you be?…

— August Wilson

There are millions of white Americans today who still can barely bring themselves to acknowledge that the Civil War, with its twin Americas locked…

— Steve Erickson

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not…

— Eric Holder

As an African American woman and the descendant of slaves, I do not condone any form of racism or oppression. I most certainly do…

— Phaedra Parks