Afro Quotes

44 quotes by 33 authors

• Someone must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen to me to do so. The… — William Wells Brown
• The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to… — Malcolm X
• Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot… — Thurgood Marshall
• I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man… — Malcolm X
• Music really influenced me when I was growing up. I did go through a Jimi Hendrix phase. My hair was naturally quite afro, and I… — Helen McCrory
• In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I… — Sugar Ray Leonard
• The dream is not a map. A poem is not the territory. The dreamer reclines in a barbershop carpeted with Afro turf. In the dark… — Harryette Mullen
• The miscegenation laws of the South only operate against the legitimate union of the races; they leave the white man free to seduce all the… — Ida B. Wells
• The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. — Ida B. Wells
• It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture. The 22 million… — Malcolm X
• 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 see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the… — Miriam Makeba
• We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also. — Fidel Castro
• Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music. — Alexis Korner
• For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro',… — Nathan Huggins
• There is a theorem that colloquially translates, You cannot comb the hair on a bowling ball. ... Clearly, none of these mathematicians had Afros, because… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
• I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American. — Jon Secada
• I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the flattop during a short period in the early '90s. And I've had… — Tim Meadows
• The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse the… — Ida B. Wells
• The Afro-American is not a bestial race. — Ida B. Wells

Who Wrote These Afro Quotes

33 authors contributed a total of 44 Afro Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 8 Afro Quotes by Ida B. Wells
• 4 Afro Quotes by Malcolm X
• 1 Afro Quote by Rick Riordan
• 1 Afro Quote by Garth Fagan
• 1 Afro Quote by Issa Rae
• 1 Afro Quote by Michael Eric Dyson
• 1 Afro Quote by Robert Wilson
• 1 Afro Quote by Estelle
• 1 Afro Quote by Mo Ibrahim
• 1 Afro Quote by Junior Dè Rèál Testament
• 1 Afro Quote by Will Smith
• 1 Afro Quote by Nicole Richie
• 1 Afro Quote by Drusila T
• 1 Afro Quote by Erykah Badu
• 1 Afro Quote by Bobby Hazzard
• 1 Afro Quote by William Wells Brown
• 1 Afro Quote by Hugh Masakela (b 1939)
• 1 Afro Quote by Thurgood Marshall
• 1 Afro Quote by Helen McCrory
• 1 Afro Quote by Sugar Ray Leonard
• 1 Afro Quote by Harryette Mullen
• 1 Afro Quote by Colson Whitehead
• 1 Afro Quote by Miriam Makeba
• 1 Afro Quote by Fidel Castro
• 1 Afro Quote by Alexis Korner