Black Quote by George Jackson

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Black people are not often considered mainstream.

— Lamman Rucker

People are continually pointing out to me the wretchedness of white people in order to console me for the wretchedness of blacks. But an…

— Anonymous

Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country…

— Langston Hughes

When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the…

— Andrea Mitchell

Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without…

— Tammy Bruce

I don't see black people as victims even though we are exploited. Victims are flat, one- dimensional characters, someone rolled over by a steamroller…

— Kristin Hunter

White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of…

— Huey Newton

The thing that has made the so-called Negro in America fail, more than any other thing, is your, my, lack of knowledge concerning history.…

— Malcolm X

Blacks were more likely to be sentenced to prison following a conviction, but that result reflected their past crimes and the gravity of their…

— Heather Mac Donald

The contributions of influential African Americans have frequently been ignored, underrepresented, and even silenced.

— Ralph Northam

The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily.…

— John Henrik Clarke