Born Quote by Constance Baker Motley

The Negro was taught to speak the white man's tongue, worship the white God, and accept the white man as his superior.

— Malcolm X

Once upon a time a Georgian printed a couple of books that attracted notice, but immediately it turned out that he was little more…

— Joel Chandler Harris

“Martin Luther King, Jr., is the most quoted black man on the planet. His words are like scripture to you and, yes, to us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white…

— Benjamin E. Mays

“You speak as if God was white and Southern! As if we somehow owned his image. You speak like a fool. The Negro is…

— Sue Monk Kidd

I think you can find some rationales for that if we look at the background out of which he came. Martin [Luther King] had…

— Ella Baker

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Southern, conservative minister who believed in the American promise. His dream was patriotic and traditional. Family, work, self-determination…

— Jason Whitlock

“For years, I declined to fill in the form for my Senate press credential that asked me to state my 'race,' unless I was…

— Christopher Hitchens

“I expect he done read more books than any white man in this town. He done read more books and he done worried about…

— Carson McCullers

Dr. King, if he were alive today, probably would simply be a minister, a pastor. His initial intent was, indeed, just to be a…

— David Garrow

Ailes built a Kingdom of Yes. That was his genius. He understood the id of many white conservatives - their sense of constant persecution…

— Joy Reid

“The first time that I went to Tuskegee I was asked to make an address to the school on Sunday evening. I sat upon…

— Booker T. Washington