Able Quote by James A. Baldwin

“If we- and now I mean the relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the…

— James Baldwin

We have to deconstruct the idea of racial superiority. We have had it for hundreds of years so it is not going to happen…

— John Barnes

Our racial past and future is something that we Americans must address.

— Uzodinma Iweala

There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too far; we've…

— John Lewis

The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and…

— George Washington

“But race in the United States is not a tidy matter. Only three of the submitted pieces explicitly referenced the future. Most of them…

— Jesmyn Ward

What we still haven't done is really learned and embraced our history. When we do that, we'll no longer be doubtful and fearful that…

— Susan L. Taylor

In the 21st century, we must teach and learn from our history and swear never to repeat it, but we cannot use our past…

— Byron Donalds

By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions…

— Manning Marable

I think we shall have ceased to be a racially divided society only when we stop making a fuss about colour.

— Peter Hitchens

If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in…

— Michelle Alexander

I think all in all, one thing a lot of plays seem to be saying is that we need to, as black Americans, to…

— August Wilson