Best Black People Sayings

388 Black People quotes by 238 unique authors

Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They… — Danny Glover
I'm a pop enigma. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a bespoke suit and I go to Harold's for fried chicken. It's… — Kanye West
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. — Arthur Ashe
Every now and then you get a nice Jewish kid who likes black people and they would come in, and it would be a stream… — Mike Epps
If we study history and anthropology we will find that all over the world the original people are Black people who migrated from Africa. This… — Runoko Rashidi
This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman… — Stokely Carmichael
Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are… — Stokely Carmichael
Kools and Newports were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who put off writing… — David Sedaris
Just like you can buy grades of silk, you can buy grades of justice. — Ray Charles
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My… — Mitt Romney
At the KFC there's, lot of black people there innit *laughs* — Thom Yorke
I don't favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to… — Malcolm X
I've never seen a sincere white man, not when it comes to helping black people. Usually things like this are done by white people to… — Malcolm X
When you go to a church and you see the pastor of that church with a philosophy and a program that's designed to bring black… — Malcolm X
The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia is existing in… — Malcolm X
We, the Black masses, don't want these leaders who seek our support coming to us representing a certain political party. They must come to us… — Malcolm X
As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people… — David Horowitz
The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong. — Clarence Thomas
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I was expected to… — Clarence Thomas
I think the invitation offered the non-black reader is to join us in this expression of our familiarity and via that joining, come to understand… — Bell Hooks
There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races… — Abraham Lincoln
It would be a horrible mistake for black people to say, as some have said, "We don't recognize him..." If you refuse to deal with… — Charles E. Blake
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands… — Unknown Author
Black people have been working hard for decades. — Cornel West
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own… — Frederick Douglass

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