Ability to love Quote by KiKi Layne

The history of black people in America, it's so painful. But throughout all that history there has still been the ability of our community…

— KiKi Layne

Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.

— DeRay Mckesson

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual…

— Alice Walker

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and…

— Bell Hooks

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

— Ossie Davis

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

— Zora Neale Hurston

'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience.

— Amanda Seales

Most blacks are happy, except those who have had other ideas pushed into their ears.

— P. W. Botha

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

There's so much energy and life when the Black community comes together.

— Doechii

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams