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584 African American quotes by 365 unique authors

Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller). — Rush Limbaugh
Twenty-two million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America. — Malcolm X
It's been obvious that [Republicans]'re doing everything they can to make [Obama] fail. And I hope, I hope - and I say this seriously -… — Harry Reid
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party that… — Rand Paul
(Harry Reid) was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as… — Harry Reid
I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man. — Joe Biden
The whites were really brutishly ignorant, blitheringly, so they killed people sometimes - just came into the African-American community and maimed people because they didn't… — Maya Angelou
I am a fierce supporter of domestic-partnership and civil-union laws. I am not a supporter of gay marriage as it has been thrown about, primarily… — Barack Obama
[According to Twitter] 24 percent of American Twitter users are African-American. That's about twice as high as African-Americans are represented in the population. — Ethan Zuckerman
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have there is Black… — David W. Blight
People had their image of what a cowboy was, ... A lot of it was perpetuated by the media presentations of the cowboys in fiction… — Philip Roberts
Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today,… — Alexis Herman
I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike. — Anne Northup
There's good reason to be excited. You have the first woman running who is qualified, and a very attractive African-American who has demonstrated crossover appeal.… — Joe Biden
When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative… — Malcolm Gladwell
If Id lived prior to the 1980s, it would have been different, because I would have been playing to prove African Americans are equal. Now,… — Venus Williams
Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. ... Every couple of years someone came up with something that got us an inch closer to the truth. Bit… — Colson Whitehead
I was filled with rage. These same people who accuse Planned Parenthood of ‘targeting’ African-American children, they care about you only while you’re in the… — Gwen Moore
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism — Constance Baker Motley
The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience, — Henry Louis Gates
I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen.… — Rodney Alexander
The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. — Mary Landrieu
I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that America as a… — Tim Scott
We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you? — Lynn Swann
People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors, — Torii Hunter

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