America Quote by Henry Giroux

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Blacks in America want to forget about slavery - the stigma, the shame. If you can't be who you are, who can you be?…

— August Wilson

“The six to eight black men were characterized as personal slaves until the mid-1950s, when the political climate changed and it was decided that…

— David Sedaris

You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by…

— Medgar Evers

All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.

— Muhammad Ali

“Black people are not the descendants of kings. We are—and I say this with big pride—the progeny of slaves. If there’s any majesty in…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.”

— Angie Thomas

The whole future of America's black community is at risk. One out of every three young black men in Washington, D.C., is under one…

— Randall Robinson

There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.

— John Legend

The legacy of slavery comes from the sustained political, legal and economic effort to link permanently an entire group of people to poverty -…

— Sarah Churchwell

Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and…

— Jim Brown

My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up in the…

— Michelle Singletary