African american Quote by Claudette Colvin Download Open image “There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.” — Claudette Colvin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare African american African americans Americans Stories Many Similar Similar Story Stories Stories Similar Story Were
I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans. — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
There are some stories I want to tell that I think it'd be cool to see an African-American dude do. — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge was deciding… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the greatest historians… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to. — Philip Freelon Copy Share Image
There are so many slices to the African-American experience. I mean, I have the whole ghetto pedigree. My mom was in jail, I didn't… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never been given… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
When I got to 10th grade at Booker T. Washington High, I had a teacher, Miss Geraldine Nesbitt. I think she came from New… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I left the South in 1963 and was living in Morristown, New Jersey, when the March on Washington took place, so I watched it… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
When you've been abused daily and you see people humiliated and harassed, you just get tired of it. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I wanted the young African-American girls also on the bus to know that they had a right to be there, because they had paid… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
A lot has changed since I grew up, but there's still a long way to go. I don't think we can move forward with… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an attorney. My mother would say I never stopped talking. I always had a lot of questions to ask, and… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“This popularity extended to Trump himself, who, according to private demographic research conducted at the time, was even more popular with African American and… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
