African american Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I was a kid who liked art and theater and dance and music, but if you lived in Harlem, high culture was somewhere else,…

— Samuel R. Delany

I majored in directing. However, I did spend some time at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, so I am…

— Chadwick Boseman

My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in my small,…

— Kehinde Wiley

The sum total of what I learned about African American culture in school was Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Underground Railroad.…

— Ashley Graham

I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up…

— Walter Dean Myers

I trained with the American Theatre of Harlem, and by the grace of God, that was my foundation to understanding the art of storytelling…

— Rob Morgan

There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.

— Kehinde Wiley

I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art, and computer…

— Erykah Badu

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part…

— Johnny Otis

A lot of creativity coming from the east side of Harlem. It really built my character and who I am.

— Dave East

Throughout my career, I have benefitted from the experience and counsel of a wide range of people who took a very personal interest in…

— Laurel J. Richie

For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and making that…

— ASAP Rocky