Black Quote by Bill Ayers

The upside of being a part of a post-civil rights generation is that black folks really are more diverse. But the flash point for…

— Reginald Hudlin

When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were…

— Ed Smith

I was a black boy at the height of the crack era, which meant that my instructors pitched education as the border between those…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk…

— Nate Powell

Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated…

— Michelle Obama

It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at helping people…

— Barack Obama

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?

— Walter Dean Myers

From adolescence to death there is something very personal about being a Negro in America.

— Jay Saunders Redding

Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to us what…

— Ruby Bridges

My school was pretty much all African Americans, but it was still a little tough to be in because I didn't have a lot…

— Ryan Coogler

Well, when you think about it black American culture evolved over three and a half centuries. Every minute under which they lived under oppression…

— Shelby Steele