Accidents Quote by Cornel West

Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.

— Anonymous

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

— John Legend

The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world…

— Wolfman Jack

I've always known the greatness of black people.

— Jasmine Guy

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation…

— Louis Farrakhan

I was in awe of previous black liberation struggle leaders - Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells. I wanted to be part of something bigger…

— Opal Tometi

“You speak of black excellence, yet you're at the forefront of canceling black people and their businesses. Instead of helping, supporting, advising, or constructively…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is…

— Wynton Marsalis

We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as noble and…

— Henry Louis Gates

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.

— Bell Hooks

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of…

— Nate Parker

The enemy has always been able to point the finger of suspicion and/or guilt to Black leaders that they are enriching themselves at the…

— Louis Farrakhan