Ambition Quote by Ezra Edelman

O.J. Simpson was primarily interested in O.J. His rise to fame in the late '60s coincided with the period where black athletes were more…

— Ezra Edelman

I think O. J. Simpson was a very prominent figure in the African-American community. He was sort of a manifestation of the American dream:…

— Sterling K. Brown

There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed…

— Michael Eric Dyson

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

— Al Sharpton

When people talked about O.J. Simpson being race-neutral, that was a race card. It just meant we don't think of him as black. But…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Interestingly enough, I feel what the show [OJ Simpson] was able to accomplish in a really masterful way is that White America could look…

— Sterling K. Brown

Michael Derrick Hudson is not the first person to slip into the identity of a person of color to give himself some perceived advantage.…

— Jenny Zhang

I think that the response to the OJ Simpson trial was based on a kind of sensibility that emerged out of the many campaigns…

— Angela Davis

He was highly annoyed by the series of triumphs by the marvelous colored American runner, Jesse Owens. People whose antecedents came from the jungle…

— Albert Speer

Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand why a…

— Sterling K. Brown

Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with…

— Chadwick Boseman

“Though integration was a major pivot in the history of the black athlete, it was not for the positive reasons we so often hear…

— William C. Rhoden