Blackness Quotes

114 Blackness quotes by 93 unique authors

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek… — Steven Biko
A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when when the stars are strung across the velvety night.… — Robin Williams
One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some… — Winston Churchill
Nothing but blackness above And nothing that moves but the cars... God, if you wish for our love, Fling us a handful of stars! — Louis Untermeyer
Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room,… — Halle Berry
I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as a result of my blackness… — Audre Lorde
It was a texture. The blackness was so intense. — Charles Duke
I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither poet, composer, or musician. These… — Gil Scott-Heron
I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness. — Hunter S. Thompson
My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. — Michelle Obama
I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It slips away, like a wave… — Sara Gruen
Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty-but no welcome. Below was a welcoming… — Loren Acton
Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a… — Steven Biko
There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked… — Silvia Cartwright
I want to be black, to know black, to luxuriate in whatever I might be calling blackness at any particular time, but to do so… — Henry Louis Gates
I am lucky. I did not choose this life. It chose me. It's strange like that; not picking my path, but rather easing into the… — Andrew McMahon
The coming of Christ means a denial of what we thought we were. It means destroying the white devil in us. Reconciliation to God means… — James H. Cone
The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance. — Thomas Marshburn
Now I wear my cancer like I wear my blackness I'm proud! — Unknown Author
There's a little blackness inside all of us. — Cassia Leo
I love the night passionately... I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love… — Guy de Maupassant
Arguably the most important parallel between mass incarceration and Jim Crow is that both have served to define the meaning and significance of race in… — Michelle Alexander
Im not really about blackness, per se, but about blackness and whiteness, and what they mean and how they interact with one another and what… — Kara Walker
Sometimes I feel like I'm not solid. I'm hollow. There's nothing behind my eyes. I'm a negative of a person. All I want is blackness,… — Sylvia Plath

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