African american Quote by Kenny Smith

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

— Bernie Sanders

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then…

— Abraham Lincoln

African Americans know implicitly that you cannot take freedoms for granted and that democracy is precious. And it's worth fighting for.

— Colin Allred

I knew that the black struggle wasn't my struggle. But I felt like it was my-struggle-adjacent, you know? I've always said that if you…

— Negin Farsad

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality…

— Wanda Sykes

Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do.

— Opal Tometi

My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.

— John Oliver Killens

Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that…

— Ella Baker

The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their…

— Ziggy Marley

“Inclusion on race has been a very different journey, and I worry that for all the progress we have made, we are stuck in…

— Dan Rather

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists,…

— Anthony Braxton

If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my…

— Abraham Maslow