Areas Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

When a black Jacksonian looks about his home community, he sees a city of over 150,000, of which 40% is Negro, in which there…

— Medgar Evers

“If Black people make up 13.2 percent of the US population, then Black people should make up somewhere close to 13 percent of the…

— Ibram X. Kendi

A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn't seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into…

— William Julius Wilson

In community after community, there are unemployment rates among young African-Americans of 30 to 40 percent. Thirty to 40 percent! Kids have no jobs,…

— Bernie Sanders

Michigan is very racially separated and the city of Detroit itself is 84 percent African-American and the surrounding suburbs are 86 percent White.

— Kwame Kilpatrick

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong…

— Jackie Robinson

When the game is played by such a high percentage of black and ethnic minority players and we're looking at the percentage of managers…

— Chris Hughton

It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.

— Jonathan Kozol

The same as in a German neighborhood, the stores are run by Germans, and in a Chinese neighborhood they're run by Chinese. In the…

— Malcolm X

Except for teachers, who are 'controlled' as far as his militancy is concerned, good jobs are rare for Negroes.

— Medgar Evers

“African Americans own 2.7 percent of the nation’s wealth, and make up 40 percent of the incarcerated population.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

— Anonymous