Affection Quote by James Weldon Johnson

There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.

— Ethel Waters

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they…

— James Weldon Johnson

The Southern whites are in many respects a great people. Looked at from a certain point of view, they are picturesque. If one will…

— James Weldon Johnson

For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.

— Linda Chavez

I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while…

— Walter Cronkite

The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the whole. The South has not interest, and pretends none,…

— Zora Neale Hurston

Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever…

— Maya Angelou

“Today even the attitude of the Southern whites toward the blacks is not, as so many assume, in all cases the same; the ignorant…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted…

— Strom Thurmond

Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst…

— Linda Chavez