Best African Quotations

934 African quotes by 620 unique authors

This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a large… — Unknown Author
I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't… — Maya Rudolph
You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically correct. Everyone who's… — Russell Means
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted… — Chuck Woolery
I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of Jim Crow and… — Barack Obama
As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I… — Monique Coleman
I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in… — Afrika Bambaataa
I never said I wasn’t Black… I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs… — Raven-Symone
Let's face it many on the political right believe this President ought not to be there. They oppose him not for his policies and political… — Sam Donaldson
There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a… — Wesley Snipes
Sen. Joe Biden, on the day of announcing his candidacy for president of the United States, called Barack Obama the first mainstream African-American who is… — Jay Leno
Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its… — Pam Grier
Will African-Americans break away from the pack thinking and reject immorality-- because that's the reason the family's breaking apart--alcohol, drugs, infidelity. You have to reject… — Bill O'Reilly
Yeah, remember, under the Bush administration, welfare — I mean, excuse me, poverty among African Americans and among single unmarried women, poverty was at the… — Rick Santorum
The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb. — Rick Santorum
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous… — Edward James Olmos
I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a… — Danny Glover
Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course… — Danny Glover
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They… — Danny Glover
I'm Kan, the Louis Vouitton don / Bought my mom purse, now she Louis Vuitton mom / I didn't play the hand I was dealt… — Kanye West
I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are… — Ben Stein
I was a weird kid. I shouldve been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I dont know why Im not gay.… — Frank Oz
African American Congressman Bobby Rush wore a hoodie on the floor of Congress to make a point this week. And they threw him out. They… — Bill Maher
I don't see how any African-American, with any inkling of history, can say that you don't have the right to live your life how you… — Michael Irvin
More people are on food stamps today because of Obamas policies than ever in history. I would like to be the best paycheck president in… — Newt Gingrich

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