Awareness Quote by Fela Kuti

Black power is organizing the rage of Black people and putting new hard questions and demands to white America.

— Charles Hamilton Houston

Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

— Stokely Carmichael

I think we have come to a place in black America, sadly from my point of view, where we have once again begun to…

— Shelby Steele

I personally feel like black people in America have contributed so much for so long, and haven't always gotten credit for it.

— Andre Holland

I do definitely get boxed into this #BlackGirlMagic social activist category. But it makes me think, "Well, maybe people are able to start thinking…

— Amandla Stenberg

We can see that the complexity we witness inside the African-American community today has always been there. Black people were just as noble and…

— Henry Louis Gates

African-Americans are being disproportionately affected by, you know, the kind of misuse and abuse of power.

— Ras Baraka

There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver…

— Jenna Wortham

If anyone sees anything in 'Black Lightning' that seems foreign to them, then they haven't been paying attention. This is a uniquely American experience.

— Salim Akil

I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make it a…

— Patrisse Cullors

I have one thing in common with the emerging black nations of Africa: We both have voices, and we are discovering what we can…

— Miriam Makeba