Best African American Qoutes

584 African American quotes by 365 unique authors

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. — Rosa Parks
If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it. — Sojourner Truth
I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life… — Michelle Obama
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred — Booker T. Washington
Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is. — Booker T. Washington
There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. — Ida B. Wells
Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it. — Rosa Parks
As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free. — Jackie Robinson
I was born black and female. — Lorraine Hansberry
Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. — Benjamin Banneker
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. I'm always fighting to overcome the obstacle. I can really understand what's… — Halle Berry
I paved the way for a lot of white artists now that don’t have to deal with the stigma of being a white artist. I… — Jon B.
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and… — Bobby McFerrin
It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second… — William Labov
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new Nation to his… — John Conyers
It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no evidence that he… — Martin Luther King III
The numbers in Ohio as well as the rest of the nation make it clear that the African-American communities have been targeted and logic makes… — Mark Crutcher
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade… — Michelle Alexander
I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can blame. — Simon Munnery
Since the nation's founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die, but then are… — Michelle Alexander
That’s one problem I have. Jews when they get successful they will help their people and some of the African-Americans — maybe I’ll get in… — Donald Sterling
But at the end of the day, I refuse to believe there arent more qualified African-Americans, women, people of color in general for a role… — Tony Clark
To reaffirm the statement on the choosing of my identity, I come from two beautiful cultures which I have embraced, bridged, balanced, and identify with.… — Radmilla Cody
Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice. — Michael N. Castle

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