Anchors Quote by Lester Holt

I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.

— Vernon Jordan

I never thought about being the first black actor to win, even though everybody else talked about that. If I stop to think as…

— Omar Sy

It's not that I try to be Black. I am Black.

— Jasmine Crockett

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 happen to think I look best in black.

— Carol Kane

As a black woman in the industry, you really do have to hold your head higher, stick your chest out, be kind and polite…

— Lena Waithe

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

— Mos Def

The one thing that I'm always gonna promote is, 'Don't look at a fellow black man as an enemy.' And it's hard. It's really…

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

— Bernie Mac

Recognize that being one of the only black people in an organization, or just in a meeting, automatically makes you very visible. Use this…

— Kenneth I. Chenault

I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.

— Alexei Navalny

I don't think being black has held me back at all. Being black makes you strong.

— Anita Baker