African american Quote by Harry Belafonte

We are born with freedom and hope, but often that's dashed because of our color. But in school, I'd already been taught that no…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of everything from…

— Angela Rye

Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.

— Andrew Young

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

— Darius Rucker

I can only tell you that when long soul-searching and a combination of circumstances delivered me of my last prejudices, there was an exalted…

— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

— David Oyelowo

I love being black.

— Daniel Kaluuya

I was born black and female.

— Lorraine Hansberry

Growing up I thought I might be the only black person in the world.

— Ncuti Gatwa

I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment of my…

— Frantz Fanon

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we…

— Jerry Leiber

I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents the essence…

— Rachel Dolezal