Afro American Quotes

19 quotes by 11 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
• I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man… — Malcolm X
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense. — Ida B. Wells
• The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law. — Ida B. Wells
• My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that. — Donald Byrd
• When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America… — Malcolm X
• If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not -… — Wynton Marsalis
• Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so. — Ida B. Wells
• When I was 12 years old, I went to Natchitoches, La.; it was summer vacation with my family. We visited a plantation, Melrose. And I… — Robert Wilson
• The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South. — Ida B. Wells
• The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans. — Hugh Masakela (b 1939)

Who Wrote These Afro American Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 19 Afro American Quotes as follows:

• 8 Afro American Quotes by Ida B. Wells
• 2 Afro American Quotes by Malcolm X
• 1 Afro American Quote by William Wells Brown
• 1 Afro American Quote by Colson Whitehead
• 1 Afro American Quote by Fidel Castro
• 1 Afro American Quote by Alexis Korner
• 1 Afro American Quote by Nathan Huggins
• 1 Afro American Quote by Donald Byrd
• 1 Afro American Quote by Wynton Marsalis
• 1 Afro American Quote by Robert Wilson
• 1 Afro American Quote by Hugh Masakela (b 1939)