African american Quote by Bryan Stevenson

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel…

— Michael Nutter

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to…

— Henry Louis Gates

In the U.S., African- Americans, no matter what we do - when we sit in, when we freedom ride, when we kneel in, whatever…

— Van Jones

Every decent person feels the pain of the African-American community, but I also don't want to pretend like I know the exact distinct pain.

— Brad Stevens

African Americans know implicitly that you cannot take freedoms for granted and that democracy is precious. And it's worth fighting for.

— Colin Allred

We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for America, oftentimes when others who think they are more…

— Maxine Waters

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

— Bernie Sanders

“It is my belief that conscious African American students ought to be in a constant state of rage and in a constant search for…

— Pearl Cleage

“Patriotism can results in racism”

— Irfan Ullah Hosain

“In the United States, violence and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks, and”

— James Baldwin

The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world…

— Wolfman Jack

“Americans are generally incapable of perceiving class differences among blacks and are quick to ascribe antisocial underclass behavior to all African Americans.”

— Leon Dash