Afros Quotes

30 Afros quotes by 20 unique 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 some soul yells. It hurts… — 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',… — Unknown Author
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
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
I've had every haircut you could possibly imagine: mullet, tail, dreadlocks, afro, crew cut. It's always been an expression of who I am. — Marc Forgione
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old. — Grace Jones

Who Wrote These Afros Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 30 Afros Quotes as follows: