First Black Quotes

51 quotes by 45 authors

Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' - I think in '87 or '88. I think… — Naomi Campbell
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. — Saul Alinsky
All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New… — Bill Russell
Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved… — Thomas Sowell
Wasn't Winston Churchill the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me... that's black... — Danielle O'Hara
Look at what Al Davis has done. He hired the first Hispanic head coach (Tom Flores), the first black head coach (Art Shell), and now… — Amy Trask
First thing that always pops into my head regarding our president is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him… — Morgan Freeman
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. — Frank Robinson
President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second. — John F. Kerry
Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity,… — Wole Soyinka
When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of… — Shirley Chisholm
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party that… — Rand Paul
(The mainstream media) are so vested in our first black president not being a failure that it's going to be amazing to watch the lengths… — Joe Walsh
The first black president will be a politician who is black. — Douglas Wilder
They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black… — Rob Halford
Haiti was founderd by a righteous revolution in 1804 and became the first black republic. It was the first country to break the chains of… — Paul Farmer
When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history. — Willard Wigan
People look at black pride in America and sport's impact on it. In the major cities it took off the first time Jackie Robinson stole… — Jerry Izenberg
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple… — Greg Ginn

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