Best African-American Quotations

110 African-American quotes by 96 unique authors

My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket… — Michael Franti
People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair. — Tracie Thoms
African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at… — Tracie Thoms
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He… — Michael Eric Dyson
In 2008, Barack Obama had all the wind at his back, everything going for him. He was an African-American at a time when the country… — George Will
The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King. — Bobby Seale
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts… — Aberjhani
Young African-American males: Stop existing. It could get you killed. — Henry Rollins
My father had the main barber- and beauty-supply business in the African-American community in Buffalo. — Helene D. Gayle
I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept. — Terry Crews
My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law,… — John W. Rogers, Jr.
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850. — Marianne Williamson
You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something… — Tracy Morgan
America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States. — David Scott
More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. — Don Lemon
In the African-American community, we struggle with a lot of health problems that have a lot to do with our diet. — Marvin Sapp
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is… — Bill Dedman
African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American. — Yaya DaCosta
Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white… — Faye Wattleton
In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the… — Barack Obama
We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying their salary, who… — William Lacy Clay, Jr.
In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died. — Peter Diamandis
I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have… — Unknown Author
The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. — Bill Frist

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