Black Quote by Kola Boof

I met one child there eleven years old, speaking three languages [in Guinea]. He could speak English, French and Malinke. Speaking my language actually…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to…

— Kirk Douglas

I had the opportunity to travel to America when I was younger and learned the language.

— Rodri

You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book,…

— Junot Diaz

It's always seemed to me that black people's grace has been with what they do with language. In Lorrain, Ohio, when I was a…

— Toni Morrison

I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or being a…

— Milana Vayntrub

Just as my father read to us as children, I used to read to my own children and now read to my grandchildren.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.

— Nikki Giovanni

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience…

— Dinaw Mengestu

Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing…

— Hank Johnson

My mother was an English teacher before she became a full-time mom, and a huge proponent of reading, so she made sure I was…

— Matt Wagner

Now I see why reading was illegal for black people during slavery. I discover that I think in words. The more words I know,…

— M. K. Asante