Abuse Quote by Jackie Robinson

I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities…

— Larry Doby

I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst…

— Lena Horne

Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs…

— Barack Obama

I never thought black people would say I wasn't black enough. It didn't turn me into a bully - it just put me on…

— Tionne Watkins

As a black man, I have to respect myself and have nice things. As a man in general.

— Snoop Dogg

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Being someone that grew up in a biracial household I never really felt accepted by black people when I was a little kid, I…

— Vic Mensa

I was poor, black, I overcame all those things.

— Mark Robinson

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as…

— Halle Berry

Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to…

— Ricky Whittle

I was responsible for having a clean image. I wanted people to have respect for black people.

— Leslie Uggams

Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this…

— Shaun King