African american Quote by Jerry Pinkney

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

— Candice Patton

Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics.

— Ken Jeong

My husband [Julius Tennon] and I started a production company. We've already optioned a book and some scripts to do exactly that, to create…

— Viola Davis

For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art,…

— John Edgar Wideman

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the…

— Jane Alexander

We got a chance to represent Black country artists for younger Black kids who want to do country but don't feel anyone out there…

— Jimmie Allen

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.

— Usher

I wanted to represent African-American athletes in a better way than what I saw when I grew up.

— Ahmad Rashad

We're the curator for the African-American experience for the past, present and future. That's my job.

— Linda Johnson Rice

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Kat Graham

Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made…

— Cicely Tyson