African american Quote by Manning Marable

I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good…

— Yvonne Orji

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us…

— Donald Glover

“The Black Woman is amazingly strong, truly powerful, deeply visionary, has incredible worth and much love and goodness within that she is willing to…

— Rebecca Gordon

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

— Booker T. Washington

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

— Maureen Duffy

It has been very rare to see a black woman as a protagonist. And also as three-dimensional people - mathematicians, mothers, wives, complicated people,…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

Black women usually don't get the luxury of faking their way through life and still succeeding, but when a white guy does it, he…

— Sarah Cooper

The number one thing that has to be done, [black men] has to be retaught, be given - he has to be reeducated and…

— Malcolm X

“Inspire, celebrate, and empower our Black males. Support them in becoming confident, intelligent, strong, capable, and powerful Black men, teens, and boys. There’s GREAT…

— Stephanie Lahart

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that if the - what should happen is the black man himself should learn how to develop himself, in…

— Malcolm X

The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength - and it…

— Malcolm X

You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by…

— Medgar Evers