American history Quote by Jamaal Bowman

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of…

— Bell Hooks

I think that the people who come from communities like me as an African-American woman, as a member of the LGBT community, we haven't…

— Lori Lightfoot

Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we…

— Kerry Washington

Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear feminism. They…

— Bell Hooks

The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and…

— Danny K. Davis

I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of race and…

— Angela Davis

We still live in a country where there's disproportionate violence faced by our community, especially trans people and trans people of color. I think…

— Sasha Velour

We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the struggle for…

— George Takei

“One of the lessons I have learned in trying to live with history is that for every repression, we have found a suitable form…

— Joan Nestle

I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who…

— Coretta Scott King

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

“First off, as has been well stated by many Indigenous Feminists before us, the idea of gender equality did not come from the suffragettes…

— Erin Konsmo