Black Quote by Kasi Lemmons

I think Black Nativity movie has a very clear message. It's about a family in crisis facing some of the very familiar struggles we…

— Kasi Lemmons

I wanted to pay homage to someone who was such an important literary figure in my life. I think Langston Hughes would be proud…

— Kasi Lemmons

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

— Katori Hall

I think I was drawn to black culture by the same things that have been drawing the entire world to it since the days…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Black storytelling can be about anything, absolutely anything, and within that it can be as enriching, as complex, beautiful, ugly as anything else. We…

— Paterson Joseph

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are…

— David Oyelowo

'Black Beauty,' by Anna Sewell, remains a star-dusted memory because my mom read it aloud to my sister and me at night for months.…

— Scott Turow

From a very young age, I felt a spiritual, visceral, instinctual connection with 'black is beautiful.' Just the black experience and wanting to celebrate…

— Rachel Dolezal

The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. And I…

— Viola Davis

There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people.

— Cord Jefferson

My book had a universal theme. It's not a "racial" novel. It portrays an aspect of civilization, not necessarily Southern civilization.

— Harper Lee