Negro Quotes

376 Negro quotes by 164 unique authors

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world… — Charles Darwin
...it seemed to me I was living in an insane asylum of my own making. I wnt about with all these fantastic figures: centaurs, nymphs,… — Carl Jung
If the worker and his boss enjoy the same television program and visit the same resort places, if the typist is as attractively made up… — Herbert Marcuse
White people...have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved this -- which… — James A. Baldwin
Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that… — Harper Lee
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before… — Booker T. Washington
The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety… — Carter G. Woodson
Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made phrases, which seem… — Frantz Fanon
Negrophobes exist. It is not hatred of the Negro, however, that motivates them; they lack the courage for that, or they have lost it. Hate… — Frantz Fanon
The Negro enslaved by his inferiority, the white man enslaved by his superiority alike behave in accordance with a neurotic orientation. — Frantz Fanon
[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks… — Frantz Fanon
Of course, Mr. Hannity was outraged that any American would not cross her hand over her heart and repeat the hypocritical words, one nation. Whenever… — Julianne Malveaux
Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical life amid psychological… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The most successful educational approach to the Negro is throgh a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that we want to… — Margaret Sanger
When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer… — Malcolm X
Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall… — Malcolm X
For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners… — Benjamin E. Mays
Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a… — Solomon Northup
I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have. — Nathan Bedford Forrest
When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of the poet, the… — Albert Murray
We in the Negro leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing. We played with a round ball, and… — Buck Leonard
In the Negro Leagues, I played every day. — Buck Leonard
One of the most beautiful things that recruited me to join the LaRouche movement is its emphasis on Classical singing and composition, especially with the… — Kesha Rogers
I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman. — Susan B. Anthony
Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company. — Pearl Cleage

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