Best African American Quotes

584 African American quotes by 365 unique authors

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated. — James Brown
Latinos, Asians, African-Americans, women - we're all trying to find our place in this world of cinema and television and theater. And the great thing… — Sandra Bullock
I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label… — Herman Cain
African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply… — Herman Cain
This whole notion that all African-Americans are not going to vote for Obama is not necessarily true. I believe a third would vote for me,… — Herman Cain
When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over… — Tony Campolo
Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to… — Ben Nighthorse Campbell
I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man,… — Jimmy Carter
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. — George Washington Carver
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having… — George Washington Carver
When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is… — George Washington Carver
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the… — Michael N. Castle
Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary… — Michael N. Castle
You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas. — Shirley Chisholm
In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism by… — John Henrik Clarke
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery… — John Henrik Clarke
History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. — Eldridge Cleaver
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. — Hillary Clinton
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. — Stephen Ambrose
I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future. — Ralph Abernathy
Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman. — Marian Anderson
None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the… — Marian Anderson
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. — Maya Angelou
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou

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