America Quote by Leontyne Price

Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the feeling of…

— Rza

Our blackness and how to survive being black in America was something that our parents instilled in us extraordinarily well.

— Yance Ford

I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room…

— Brian Tyree Henry

The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once…

— Jesse Jackson

I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.

— Benjamin Carson

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

Being black has been put in such a negative light. For such a long time, being black has been criminalized, but being black is…

— Zozibini Tunzi

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

Being black is the new awesome.

— Anonymous

It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived and thrived…

— Alicia Garza

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only…

— Jackie Robinson