African-American Quotes

110 African-American quotes by 96 unique authors

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs. — Dave Barry
I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring. — Glenn Beck
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American. — Larry Bird
From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration… — Mary J. Blige
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
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
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
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou
I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was… — Maya Angelou
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
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
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
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas
I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community. — Ken Mehlman
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
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
I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like… — Beyonce Knowles
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. — Elijah Cummings
Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. — Donna Brazile
Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. — Cassandra Wilson
I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really;… — Leah Ward Sears
I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan. — Nikki Haley
Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for… — Lee Daniels
Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of… — Gabrielle
There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by… — Feisal Abdul Rauf

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