Black Quote by James A. Baldwin

“Needless to say, this fragile experiment began by taking for granted the ugly conquest of Amerindians and Mexicans, the exclusion of women, the subordination…

— Cornel West

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

— Jess Row

Blacks had survived every form of human debasement with ingenuity, self-reliance, a deep and ironic humor, a capacity for self-reinvention and a heroic fortitude.…

— Shelby Steele

While not always pretty or comfortable to discuss, Black history shines a light on the everlasting resilience of patriots in the Black community who…

— Byron Donalds

The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as considering himself…

— Malcolm X

Like Nemesis of Greek tragedy, the central problem of America after the Civil War, as before, was the black man: those four million souls…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“We like to keep separate the evils of our national past from the sacredness of our ideals. That separation allows us to maintain a…

— Eddie S. Glaude Jr

There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can make you feel crazy,…

— Hilton Als

“Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

One of the things we've lost as blacks in the United States is imagining different ways the world could be organized, how this country…

— Michael C Dawson

“The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man,…

— James Baldwin

Actual threats to American democracy range from voter suppression and unaccountable 'dark money' to explicit efforts to engineer 'minority rule' in Washington and racialized…

— Jamelle Bouie