Black Quote by James Earl Jones

We are here to work side-by-side with this "black" man in trying to bring liberation to all our people!

— Fannie Lou Hamer

“LAZY AND IRRESPONSIBLE This isn't a politically correct position to have, but I'm convinced that the lack of moral character in many black men…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth…

— Eugene Puryear

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because…

— Kevin Eubanks

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to…

— Alice Walker

“I can say with confidence that many black males are both lazy and irresponsible. This view isn't popular with problem profiteers who”

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a…

— William Wells Brown

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us…

— Donald Glover

To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

— James A. Baldwin

I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room…

— Brian Tyree Henry