Black Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman candidate confronts…

— Barack Obama

Trust me, Black folks are tired of always having to save this country from itself and then being ignored once the winner of their…

— Jonathan Capehart

In England, in France, in no other country would a black man have a chance to get elected. There's no two ways about it.…

— Randy Newman

It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists.…

— Darryl Pinckney

There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are…

— Marc Lamont Hill

Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and…

— Denzel Washington

I just don't think there are that many people who will vote for me because I'm a white male or vote against me because…

— Michael Capuano

If you look at literacy tests in the South, for example, they were absurdly difficult and didn't measure literacy. They were simply measuring whether…

— Marc Lamont Hill

The establishment wonders why we can't get more of the black vote. It's because it's not doing the things necessary to establish a deeper…

— J. C. Watts

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

— Douglas Wilder

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

— Samuel L. Jackson

Most African-Americans really do believe that we are voting for our better interest in voting for Democrats.

— Maxine Waters