Earth Quote by David Walker

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are…

— Thomas Jefferson

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinctby time and circumstances, are inferior…

— Thomas Jefferson

But blacks make little to no progress and, worse, the preoccupation with injustice only leaves them eternally inconsolable and cut off from their own…

— Shelby Steele

Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.

— David Wilmot

Blacks should feel fortunate to be citizens of this country. We are blessed, not enslaved, and those who say otherwise are enslaved only by…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

“When black folk say “Black Lives Matter,” they are in search of simple recognition. That they are decent human beings, that they aren’t likely…

— Michael Eric Dyson

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated…

— Henry Louis Gates

There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.

— William Julius Wilson

In regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. What I ask for…

— Frederick Douglass

The Negro is superior to the white race. If the latter do not forget their pride of race and color, and amalgamate with the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.

— Frederick Douglass

Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go…

— Jackie Robinson