African american Quote by Michael W. Twitty

“We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the road that brought us here. Our failure to confront the…

— Timothy B. Tyson

There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated African-Americans who…

— John Henrik Clarke

“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

“We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the…

— Andrew Carnegie

“I write to breath life back into memory to remind African-Americans of our rich and textured history. I also see myself as a "root,"…

— Bernice L. McFadden

This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a…

— Werner Sollors

“I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know that blacks…

— Endesha Ida Mae Holland

“Far too often, historians treat African Americans as if white segregationists had succeeded, as if blacks lived in their own separate world, physically and…

— Shane White

“The truth is, white rage has undermined democracy, warped the Constitution, weakened the nation’s ability to compete economically, squandered billions of dollars on baseless…

— Carol Anderson

The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted, and there's…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

“Shout out to all the Black writers who push the world forward by sharing the stories, lives, history, imaginations and magic of black culture.…

— Blitberry

“If our African ancestors failed in one thing, it was relying too heavily on the spoken word. Legacy lives in writing, not in pride…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo