America Quote by Malcolm X

The black man in America's position is parallel with that of the Jews, especially when the Jews were in bondage under Pharaoh. And at…

— Malcolm X

I think the black man in America wants to be recognized as a human being; and it's almost impossible for one who has enslaved…

— Malcolm X

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind,

— Langston Hughes

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then…

— Spike Lee

Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest…

— Jewell Jackson McCabe

In American history, Black people are usually the ones doing the work, pushing the boundaries of what America is supposed to mean, challenging the…

— Jason Johnson

The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing, have seen…

— Che Guevara

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

More so than any other city on the African continent, the people of Cairo look like the American Negroes in the sense that we…

— Malcolm X

If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality of your…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

“The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man,…

— James Baldwin