Black Americans Quotes
22 quotes by 20 authors
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I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Let it be said that when given a chance to complete the liberation of black Americans, on June 23, 2003 five justices consigned them to…
— Ward Connerly
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But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is…
— Clarence Thomas
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This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have there is Black…
— David W. Blight
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I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great…
— Strom Thurmond
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In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.
— David Dinkins
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Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.
— Alphonso Jackson
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I write for myself and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it…
— August Wilson
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The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.
— Andrew Sullivan
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Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.
— Bob Geldof
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How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light…
— Kathleen Battle
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When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in…
— Richard M. Nixon
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Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.
— Rand Paul
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The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they simply…
— Cornel West
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Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our…
— Nikki Giovanni
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All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
— Muhammad Ali
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The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of…
— Jim Webb
Who Wrote These Black Americans Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 22 Black Americans Quotes as follows: