Afros Quote by Ida B. Wells

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to…

— Ida B. Wells

Forget the methods or the differences in methods. As long as we agree that the thing that the Afro-American wants and needs is recognition…

— Malcolm X

The Afro-American is not a bestial race.

— Ida B. Wells

Since the main problem that American, the Afro- Americans have is a lack of cultural identity. It is necessary to teach [people] that they…

— Malcolm X

The problem of the negro is so criminal that many individuals and organizations are going to have to sacrifice what they call their organizational…

— Malcolm X

Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.

— Ida B. Wells

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.

— Ida B. Wells

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on…

— Donald Byrd

The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is…

— Malcolm X

There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated African-Americans who…

— John Henrik Clarke

The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing…

— Fannie Barrier Williams

I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to others what has been done to them. . . . I know…

— James A. Baldwin