Best African American Thoughts
584 African American quotes by 365 unique authors
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Nowadays people always say, 'How come he's doing such young shows?' But they never mention 'The Mod Squad'. I was very proud of that show.…
— Aaron Spelling
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If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up!
— Madonna Ciccone
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Black churches are very powerful forces in the African American community and always have been. Because religion has been that one place where you have…
— James H. Cone
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The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a…
— Mary Frances Berry
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I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in…
— Andre Benjamin
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of…
— Patricia Ireland
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.
— Ric Keller
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I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar…
— Kathryn Stockett
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For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money,
— Greg Oden
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Roppongi is now virtually a foreign neighborhood. Africans-I don't mean African-Americans-who don't speak English are there doing who knows what. This is leading to new…
— Shintaro Ishihara
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Mix a conviction with a man and...
— Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
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But at the same time you can't...
— Angela Davis
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The cause of freedom is not the...
— Anna Julia Cooper
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I am consumed with the fear of...
— Arsenio Hall
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Clothes and manners do not make the...
— Arthur Ashe
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A good compromise, a good piece of...
— Barbara Jordan
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I am a regular young man surrounded...
— Barrington Irving
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A word to the wise ain't...
— Bill Cosby
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First of all, Bolshevism represents...
— C L R James
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As busy as I am wherever I am, I...
— Chris Gardner
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You can't look forward and backward...
— Coleman Young
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A dream doesn't become reality...
— Colin Powell
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Hate is too great a burden to bear....
— Coretta Scott King
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I tell people I'm too stupid to...
— Debi Thomas
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I go out with white women. This...
— Dennis Rodman
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