Character Quote by Jesse Lee Peterson

“Ebony magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 150 most powerful blacks in the nation. Dr.…

— Michael Eric Dyson

When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message…

— Thomas Jones

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it…

— Arthur Ashe

Let's face it: there aren't a lot of black superheroes. So, in dealing with a black superhero, you're going to deal with ugly history…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation…

— Louis Farrakhan

In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

There are a lot of black men doing really well, taking care of their families, taking care of their wives, being successful, doing the…

— Thomas Jones

If his presidency is to represent the full power of the idea that black Americans are just like everyone else - fully human and…

— Juan Williams

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.

— Jesse Jackson

History shows that black people have been second-class citizens, less than human. That's what had to happen with slavery. You had to dehumanise a…

— John Barnes

Barack Obama actually grew up black in America. He knows a thing or two about being judged by the color of his skin, rather…

— Neil Macdonald

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of…

— Nate Parker