Afro Quote by Ida B. Wells Download Open image “The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.” — Ida B. Wells ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Afro Afro American American Backbone Backbone Backbone South South Thus
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 Copy Share Image
When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the Afro-American experience, rejecting the false history, spurious logic, and expedient politics that collapse the situations of Afro-Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and indigenous… — Barbara J. Fields Copy Share Image
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As a black woman, I feel like I have a unique experience that we don't often see in media portrayals of the South. — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprooted from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as black Americans. And… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
When I say Afro-American aesthetic, I'm not just talking about the United States, I'm talking about the Americas. People in the Latin countries read… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
Thus lynch law held sway in the far West until civilization spread into the Territories and the orderly processes of law took its place.… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the flattop during a short period in the early '90s. And I've… — Tim Meadows Copy Share Image
“But I like my big Afro. I also liked when my hair was longer and relaxed. I’m happy to have choices. They’re mine to… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody else had relaxers and… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
When I have my Afro and walk down the street, there's no doubt that I'm black. With this [straightened] hair, if I talk about… — Jami Floyd Copy Share Image
“Shug Avery sat up in bed a little today. I wash and comb out her hair. She got the nottiest, shortest, kinkiest hair I… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong; Ghost used to have an afro, like the Jackson 5. — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
When I was in Year 10 I saw a girl on 'X Factor' with a really great, huge afro, so I went to the… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Jimi Hendrix came on TV on this documentary and it was this African-American soulful black guy, playing an electric guitar, which I'd just started.… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
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