Black Quote by George C. Wolfe

In 2016, the conversation of the black experience is so broad, and it's very raw. I mean, c'mon, we have a black president. That's…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Part of it is eight years of a black president, and white America still lost their [minds] about that. Part of it is a…

— Junot Diaz

We do have a black president, and that means a lot. People ask, 'What has he done?' What he's done is change the color…

— Glynn Turman

I think that having a black president in America has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on racially in…

— David Oyelowo

I think that having a black president in this country has been a seismic shift, in terms of what has been going on racially…

— David Oyelowo

Clearly, I think that there have been racial problems in America for a long time. I still think that, particularly during the second half…

— Marty Walsh

We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the top of…

— Chuck D

The white population could not possibly be unaffected by those events - some whites more stubborn in their defense of segregation, but others beginning…

— Howard Zinn

White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside the Negro,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

This is the story that I've grown up with in this country, Black protest is always seen as violent. In fact, Black celebration is…

— Paterson Joseph

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.

— Alice Walker

Throughout every presidency since the heist of our country from indigenous peoples, the black American experience has been exceptional in its discomfort. And no…

— Patrisse Cullors