Black Quote by John Legend Download Open image “There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.” — John Legend ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Men Slave Today
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a decade before… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“More African American adults are under correctional control today – in prison or jail, on probation or parole – than were enslaved in 1850,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. There are millions of African-Americans now cycling in and out of prisons and jails or under correctional control. In major American cities today, more than half of working-age African-American men… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share
“More African American adults are under correctional control today - in prison or jail, on probation or parole - than were enslaved in 1850,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Blacks were more likely to be sentenced to prison following a conviction, but that result reflected their past crimes and the gravity of their… — Heather Mac Donald Copy Share Image
Black people are more likely to be incarcerated than white people. That's just a fact and it's regrettable and it's got to change. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“Prison presented a solution: jobs for whites, and warehousing for blacks. Mass incarceration “widened the income gap between white and black Americans,” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“The state of Mississippi eventually moved from hiring convict labor to organizing its own convict labor camp, known as Parchman Farm. It was not… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Our prison population, in fact, is now the biggest in the history of human civilization. There are more people in the United States either on parole or in jail today (around 6 million total) than there ever were at any time in Stalin’s gulags. For what it’s worth, there are also more black men in jail right now than there… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share
One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders or for… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I guess a lot of times pressure is put on something after it becomes big. — John Legend Copy Share Image
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education — John Legend Copy Share Image
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's… — John Legend Copy Share Image
There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song. — John Legend Copy Share Image
Fear. People are afraid of talking about their fears and insecurities. They're afraid of expressing emotion beyond anger, dominance, or power, and they're afraid… — John Legend Copy Share Image
When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that, or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I would tell myself, "Love yourself and don't be afraid to take risks." I was often afraid to take risks, socially, because I was… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I never went through a period where I didn't want to play music. I've always loved it and it's always been a huge part… — John Legend Copy Share Image
All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place — John Legend Copy Share Image
I used read about Dr. King a lot as a kid. Independently, from being assigned it or being told by my parents or anything,… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
