Ability Quote by Jeff Sessions

Racism was a big part of our community. I'm not going to revisit history, and I'm not going to call out those communities, but…

— Kelvin Sampson

I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has…

— Jeff Sessions

Traveling in the segregated South for black people was humiliating. The very fact that there were separate facilities was to say to black people…

— Diane Nash

Blacks have experienced a history of victimization in America, beginning obviously in slavery and then another 100 years of segregation. I grew up in…

— Shelby Steele

“Far too often, historians treat African Americans as if white segregationists had succeeded, as if blacks lived in their own separate world, physically and…

— Shane White

When I think back, I felt like I had the life that a lot of white American kids grew up with in the suburbs…

— St. Lucia

The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and…

— Danny K. Davis

I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right.

— Donald Trump

Things were tough. Segregation was all around - in the schools, the buses, the restaurants, the theaters. But Dr. King worked hard for black…

— Jesse White

Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not…

— Diane Nash

The backlash against gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.

— Michelle Alexander