African american Quote by Edward E. Baptist

“Just as African Americans had learned that they did not have enough strength to make good the promises of emancipation, working people learned that…

— Howard Zinn

“Enslaved African Americans built the modern United States, and indeed the entire modern world, in ways both obvious and hidden.”

— Edward E. Baptist

“The truth is, white rage has undermined democracy, warped the Constitution, weakened the nation’s ability to compete economically, squandered billions of dollars on baseless…

— Carol Anderson

I think what is being pointed out by African-Americans is that from slavery forward they have been living in a supposed democracy which treats…

— Joan Wallach Scott

“The Southern Negro will not tell the white man the truth. He long ago learned that if he speaks a truth unpleasing to the…

— John Howard Griffin

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.

— Sonia Sanchez

“I can tell you how exceptionally easy it is to be ignorant of the racial forces that have shaped my life and views, and…

— Debby Irving

“Blacks must learn that true freedom from poverty is available only through hard work and perseverance, not through affirmative action programs, protesting, or blind…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the…

— Andrew Carnegie

“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted…

— Harper Lee

“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know that blacks…

— Endesha Ida Mae Holland

“its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination…

— Lance T. Stewart