Black people Quote by Don Cornelius

With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to…

— Susan Kelechi Watson

I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an opportunity to get national television exposure.

— Don Cornelius

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

I was the first black man on television.

— Scatman Crothers

I like to present Blacks in the proper light.

— Demond Wilson

For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters…

— Zoe Kravitz

I would just love to see more shows that highlight positivity rather than trauma of the Black experience.

— Judi Love

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

— Alvin Ailey

I'm trying to use euphemisms here, trying to avoid saying there was no television for black folks, which they knew was for them.

— Don Cornelius

As long as I can remember, I saw myself as black. I was socially conditioned to discard that. It was an all-white town. I…

— Rachel Dolezal

I saw the general-market world, the white world. I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an…

— Don Cornelius

If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in…

— Harold Nicholas