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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

— Eddie Huang

Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of…

— Nikki Giovanni

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and…

— Bell Hooks

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

We understand that, in our communities, black trans folk, gender-nonconforming folk, black queer folk, black women, black disabled folk - we have been leading…

— Alicia Garza

I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.

— Angela Davis

From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.

— Mary Landrieu

When you have a small town where all of a sudden there's 3,000 black people living in a neighborhood where there were never black…

— Jonas Carpignano

Quite frankly, black folks have always been at the core of what it's meant to make this nation human.

— Alicia Garza

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill…

— Assata Shakur

Black excellence is a thing. People - from Beyonce Knowles to Venus and Serena Williams to folks you haven't heard of - are into…

— Hilton Als

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