Black person Quote by Kerry James Marshall

The black experience for me has been very interesting. Some days, I wake up, and I feel really black. Some days, I'm like, 'This…

— Jessica Williams

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place…

— Octavia Butler

There is a multitude of experiences that make up the black experience.

— Chance The Rapper

I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had…

— Richard Wright

When I was growing up, many of my relatives had never seen a black person before. Today, hundreds, maybe thousands of Africans live in…

— Elif Batuman

I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it…

— Dak Prescott

I am a black woman, and my experiences would not be what they are if I wasn't. I'm so happy to share those experiences…

— Misty Copeland

As long as I can remember, I saw myself as black. I was socially conditioned to discard that. It was an all-white town. I…

— Rachel Dolezal

Have I had experiences by other people identifying me as black and behaving towards me as black? Yes. Just for as long as maybe…

— Rachel Dolezal

Growing up I thought I might be the only black person in the world.

— Ncuti Gatwa

My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors…

— Amanda Seales

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

— Tina Turner