America Quote by James Baldwin

The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.

— William Christopher Handy

You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.

— William Christopher Handy

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

— Booker T. Washington

“(The essence of the irony of the plight of the Negro in America, to me, is that he is doomed to live in isolation…

— Richard Wright

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

— Maya Angelou

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

We know nothing about Africa, although our roots are there in terms of our forbearers. But I mean as far as the average Negro…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music.

— Sonny Rollins

American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future.

— Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

People are taking it for granted that [the Negro] ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for these people…

— Paul Laurence Dunbar

The black artist's role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.

— Amiri Baraka