African americans Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul to be…

— E. Franklin Frazier

“To a black man, his woman was the sanctuary where he could retreat from the rest of the world. Her love could either make…

— Ashley Antoinette

We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“White people in this country will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when…

— James Baldwin

“The root of the black man’s hatred is rage, and he does not so much hate white men as simply wants them out of…

— James Baldwin

“He was suggesting that all Negroes were held in a state of supreme tension between the difficult, dangerous relationship in which they stood to…

— James Baldwin

The Negro wants to be everything but himself... He wants to integrate with the white man, but he cannot integrate with himself or with…

— Elijah Muhammad

The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“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

“Now it happens that both master and man have just enough argument on their respective sides to make it difficult for them to understand…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

Here was one of the white man's most characteristic behavior patterns - where black men are concerned. He loves himself so much that he…

— Malcolm X