Negro Quotes

376 Negro quotes by 164 unique authors

A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the… — Martin Luther
Colored, Negro, Afro-American, African American. ... Every couple of years someone came up with something that got us an inch closer to the truth. Bit… — Colson Whitehead
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the… — James Weldon Johnson
But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of… — James Weldon Johnson
I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real… — Antonin Dvorak
I want to be identified with the negro; until he gets his rights, we shall never have ours. — Angelina Grimke
Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About twice a year… — Wallace Thurman
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . .… — Alexander H. Stephens
Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. — Harper Lee
A lean, loose-jointed Negro had commenced plunking a guitar beside me while I slept. His clothes were rags; his feet peeped out of his shoes.… — William Christopher Handy
If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there… — Harriet Ann Jacobs
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are… — Langston Hughes
I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling and if we… — Unknown Author
America is ready to elect its first African American President, especially one with light-skin and and no Negro dialect. — Mitch McConnell
The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with… — Jesse Helms
To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that… — Jesse Helms
They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro. — Jesse Helms
It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world,… — Unknown Author
The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist. — E. Franklin Frazier
The negro is indolent and a dreamer; spending his meager wage on frivolity or drink; the European has a tradition of work and saving, which… — Che Guevara
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians dare… — Cheikh Anta Diop
We’ve gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that’s an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines… — Spike Lee
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro… — Alexander H. Stephens
I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side. ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old… — Robert Byrd
I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me. — Anthony Braxton

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