African american Quote by Lloyd Austin

The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King.

— Bobby Seale

I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that…

— Eric Holder

As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the…

— J. D. Vance

Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.

— Marianne Williamson

The first black president will be a politician who is black.

— Douglas Wilder

I was the first black man on television.

— Scatman Crothers

First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest person I…

— Meek Mill

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with…

— Chris Rock

“The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troops,' a flailing Confederacy began…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a…

— Smedley Butler

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

— Nelson Mandela

Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in the U.S.…

— Jimmy Carter