Black history Quote by David Olusoga

As one of the very few black historians who, from time to time, appears on TV, my daily life is a constant, open-air focus…

— David Olusoga

I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited in documentaries,…

— Elvis Mitchell

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it…

— Tim Reid

I learned that in order to have a strong and credible voice, I needed to do more research into the history of black people…

— Logan Browning

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

Let the record show, Black history is American history, and I look forward to sharing this rich history with my family, friends, colleagues, and…

— Jasmine Crockett

I did this whole series on the buffalo soldiers-on black soldiers-I did another series on black cowboys, and I presented myself to the gallery…

— Ed Dwight

There's an audience and market for depictions of Black life that are as broad and as deep as any other depictions of people's lives.

— Cord Jefferson

Now of course we have Black historians, but they're usually men. We get the perspective always, the slanted perspective, of what has happened. The…

— Isabel Allende

I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have to live…

— Kenya Barris

I started a lecture series that was inspired by my reporting on race in America. The 'Black in America' series launched on CNN in…

— Soledad O'Brien

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I…

— Spike Lee