African american Quote by Luis J. Rodriguez

I think that white people are not seen as people with racial histories.

— Amber Hollibaugh

I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history.

— Ed Dwight

The thing that has made the so-called Negro in America fail, more than any other thing, is your, my, lack of knowledge concerning history.…

— Malcolm X

I realized that most white Americans knew very little about our history and our struggle, and were having difficulty understanding the basis for our…

— Harry Belafonte

White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of…

— Huey Newton

“Yes, my friends, your hunger for history is still pretty segregated. Your knowledge of America often ends at the color line. You end up…

— Michael Eric Dyson

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.

— Don Lemon

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but…

— Carter G Woodson

I believe that white people need to check themselves, account for their privileges, and undergo whatever interaction with communities of color with that understanding.…

— Bocafloja

American history is not history without Native history.

— Lily Gladstone

Black history is American history.

— Morgan Freeman

In terms of school, we never got taught anything about black history. Growing up, a lot of things are hidden away from you.

— Andre Gray