African american Quote by Emanuel Cleaver

The African-American community has been let down by our politicians. They talk good around election time, and after the election, they say, see ya…

— Donald Trump

I would love to see us, as blacks, get to the place where we say, 'I'm not going to play race games with you.…

— Shelby Steele

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

— Rand Paul

If the Democrats have their way, African Americans will continue to feel oppressed, despised and handicapped into the indefinite future. All progress will be…

— Mona Charen

I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office.

— Fannie Lou Hamer

“what do African Americans get in return for our loyalty? Very little. Democrats do not champion black causes with the same passion that Republicans…

— Van Jones

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists,…

— Anthony Braxton

Democrats, too often, take blacks for granted, and Republicans, too often, simply ignore black voters.

— Tavis Smiley

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.

— Cornel West

During the campaign [Donald Trump] talked about reaching out to African- American voters in particular. He talked about inner cities in a way that…

— Anderson Cooper

I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.'…

— Stephen A. Smith