Black community Quote by Erik Spoelstra

I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality…

— Wanda Sykes

The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and…

— Danny K. Davis

To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to rise up…

— Assata Shakur

Black History Month is when our nation comes together to reflect on the Black community's immense contributions to our country's storied history.

— Byron Donalds

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need…

— Pearl Cleage

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

— Patrisse Cullors

Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated…

— Michelle Obama

We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are not policed…

— Patrisse Cullors

It is my view that if society was doing the right thing with respect to you, [and there were] programs targeted at helping people…

— Barack Obama

The United States Justice Department, in my opinion, hasn't done a damn thing to alleviate this horrible manifestation of racism, bigotry and hate against…

— Harry Lennix