Negro Quotes

376 Negro quotes by 164 unique authors

Thank God that at least in one place, all men are equal: in the church of God. I do not consider it any degradation to… — Roger B. Taney
Movements such as the Pan-Germanic, Pan-Islamic, or Pan-Negro justify themselves on the basis of their common language, or their common religion, or their color. But… — Leon Bourgeois
If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful. — Helen Hunt Jackson
The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a… — Charles Hamilton Houston
I have never seen any good resulting from educating the Negro. — Henry Carter Stuart
It was impossible to reason with a negro-that the only way to keep him in his place was to keep him under fear. — Henry Carter Stuart
Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose,… — Knute Nelson
If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars. — Sam Phillips
Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class… — Albert Bushnell Hart
Du Bois marked a great stage in the history of Negro struggles when he said that Negroes could no longer accept the subordination which Booker… — C L R James
It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached… — C L R James
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our… — Fanny Kemble
I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the… — Paul Robeson
The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from the court record of the court of appeals, is that… — Paul Robeson
Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst. — James Weldon Johnson
An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from… — W. E. B. Du Bois
It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in… — James A. Baldwin
If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being… — Paul Williams
A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos. Little in my… — Jonathan Kozol
I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages,… — Isaac Hayes
Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do… — Anna Deavere Smith
Non violent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, the time ain't long. That… — Langston Hughes
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted… — Maya Angelou
Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers? — Sammy Davis, Jr.

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