Black people Quote by George Wallace

My vehemence was against the federal courts. I never said a word against black people in my heart since I ran for governor.

— George Wallace

I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous…

— Strom Thurmond

As a black member of parliament and minister for nearly a decade, I was determined not to be defined by my race. I didn't…

— Sam Gyimah

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Most of the, or I should say many of the negro leaders actually suffer themselves from an inferiority complex even though they say they…

— Malcolm X

I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.

— Malcolm X

I was much more comfortable and a much better congressman running in a district that was 37 percent black, where I had to have…

— Andrew Young

“The term 'black' was given a rebirth by the black youth revolt. As reborn, it does not refer to the particular color of any…

— Chancellor Williams

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

— Samuel L. Jackson

I injured myself politically when I took on Jesse Jackson' in the 1988 presidential campaign. I was too strident. I didn't recognize the emotional…

— Ed Koch

I am an African American public official operating in an environment dominated by Caucasians. That is not too dissimilar from what I had to…

— Mike Espy

All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on…

— Tom Hayden