African american Quote by Henry Louis Gates

In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the greatest historians…

— Henry Louis Gates

My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United…

— John Hope Franklin

The problem with relegating black history to one really short month, the shortest month, is not only are we telling the same stories over…

— Karyn Parsons

My producers and I worked with these consultants and came up with seventy [stories] which we think are exemplary of the larger arc of…

— Henry Louis Gates

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.

— Claudette Colvin

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 always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to.

— Philip Freelon

“considering how thorough-going was the capture of the minds of the Blacks, it is really not surprising that so many Negro scholars still faithfully…

— Chancellor Williams

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year…

— Dick Gregory

We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our…

— Erykah Badu

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are…

— David Oyelowo