Advancing Quote by Louis Farrakhan

Our decentralized, localized leadership structure has really allowed for Black Lives Matter structures in their own communities to take on the state and take…

— Patrisse Cullors

The goal of some individuals in government is not to hear the voices of Black Americans at all. It's to hear the voices that…

— Mark Robinson

“Power is never given, it's taken." It is an open secret that there exists a conflict between a new generation of young black leadership…

— Wesley Lowery

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill…

— Assata Shakur

“The sober truth is that the most important civil rights battles were fought and won four decades before the Obama presidency. The black underclass…

— Jason L. Riley

In the case of a Black woman like myself, the most classic trope of all is that we are angry or we are aggressive.…

— Annamie Paul

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

— Thomas Sowell

“Current black leaders preach racial hatred and welfare dependency, not peace and independence. They earn their fat salaries by stirring up the racial pot…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

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

Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Normally, 'black responsibility' is a forbidden phrase for a black leader -- not because blacks reject responsibility, but because even the idea of black…

— Shelby Steele

Black people come in so many different bodies, genders, and sexualities, so it's important that we're conscious of that so we can fight for…

— Franchesca Ramsey