African Quote by Gregory Hines

Blacks concede that hurrawing, jibing, jiving, signifying, disrespecting, cursing, even outright insults might be acceptable under particular conditions, but aspersions cast against one's family…

— Maya Angelou

Among Negroes of my generation there was not only little direct acquaintance or consciously inherited knowledge of Africa, but much distaste and recoil because…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

The children of the white families in town were not permitted to associate with me, because my father was committing the then unpardonable crime,…

— Lee De Forest

As an African-American, I think the way I treated others affected how people treated me. If people do attack you in certain ways, you…

— David Steward

My father had the most horrible racist rhetoric you ever heard, but he treated people all the same. I remember this rainstorm. A car…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while…

— Walter Cronkite

One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from…

— Spike Lee

My mom was born in Jamaica and has always been around a community of black people, so she encouraged me to get out and…

— Marley Dias

My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and…

— Hannah Bronfman

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all…

— Lorraine Bracco

My brothers and I were raised by our parents to respect everyone regardless of background or race.

— Alan Wilson

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of…

— Azzedine Alaia