African american Quote by Harriet A. Washington

Americans broadly consent to funding clinical research because they believe in the promise of medical research. But people support scientific work only if they…

— Scott Gottlieb

African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.

— Cynthia McKinney

“Those studies showed that White Americans consistently received more help than Black Americans. The only harm done to Black Americans in those studies was…

— Mahzarin R. Banaji

“As a Black man and therapist, I know that the ways we heal may look different from the ways mainstream wellness talks about health.…

— Jor-El Caraballo

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

— Lynn Swann

I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health.

— Bell Hooks

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

— Ras Baraka

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

— Pearl Cleage

Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all…

— Chancellor Williams

One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field…

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

I think the sad fact is, there's a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman. And I think that's reflected…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I have a good black friend who is a doctor, but he didn't become a doctor because he saw other black men who were…

— Richard Rodriguez