Anything Quote by Linford Christie

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

— John Legend

When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock…

— Buchi Emecheta

The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale. This is not only deeply…

— Paterson Joseph

I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that…

— David Oyelowo

I was born in the UK and brought up by my single mother in Ghana, where being black was unexceptional. As an adult, I…

— Sam Gyimah

To inspire the British people we need to look different, sound different, and offer something new. I believe I can do that.

— James Cleverly

The more painful incidents of racism I chose to forget, to suffer in silence, or use humour to deflect rather than confront. I didn't…

— Sam Gyimah

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

— Buchi Emecheta

The black presence in our British history has sometimes wilfully, sometimes neglectfully, been whitewashed out of our national tale.

— Paterson Joseph

One of the particular things that impressed me was one visitor [of NAACP] - I think it was - it wasn't the Prime Minister…

— Ella Baker

When you’re young, your world is pretty limited. My parents, my family, my church dominated my world. And because Birmingham was so segregated, I…

— Condoleezza Rice

I come from an era of black pride, black power, my father riding around listening to James Brown singing, 'Say it loud: I'm black…

— Charlamagne tha God