Ability Quote by Kehinde Wiley

Without going outside his race, and even among the better classes with their 'white' culture and conscious American manners, but still Negro enough to…

— Langston Hughes

A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position as being…

— Ishmael Reed

Electing the first African-American president was a tremendous accomplishment, but it hasn't erased racism.

— Jack Schlossberg

I think it would be really interesting to paint Obama.

— Kehinde Wiley

America is ready to elect its first African American President, especially one with light-skin and and no Negro dialect.

— Mitch McConnell

Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office,…

— Lenny Kravitz

I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want…

— Jerry Pinkney

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look!

— Mitt Romney

The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.

— Danny Glover

The first thing that always pops into my head regarding our president, is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier…

— Morgan Freeman

The United States Justice Department, in my opinion, hasn't done a damn thing to alleviate this horrible manifestation of racism, bigotry and hate against…

— Harry Lennix

I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of the United…

— Jacob Lawrence