Black history Quote by Hilton Als

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson

“The Black Woman is amazingly strong, truly powerful, deeply visionary, has incredible worth and much love and goodness within that she is willing to…

— Rebecca Gordon

Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a…

— Derrick Bell

There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver…

— Jenna Wortham

Black History Month celebrates the ability to achieve the 'unachievable' and exemplifies that anything is possible with faith, fortitude, and fearlessness.

— Byron Donalds

“You speak of black excellence, yet you're at the forefront of canceling black people and their businesses. Instead of helping, supporting, advising, or constructively…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

I'm what they call a 'non-black person of color': NBPOC. It's easy and seductive and common to mobilize around these identity issues, but often…

— Vijay Iyer

The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once…

— Jesse Jackson

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

— Ossie Davis

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is…

— Stokely Carmichael

Any movement that has been successful in this country for Black liberation has included old and young, men and women, and people not of…

— Nate Parker

Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest…

— Jewell Jackson McCabe