African american Quote by Michelle Anne Schingler

“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

“And despite the unprecedented levels of incarceration in the African American community, the civil rights community is oddly quiet.”

— Michelle Alexander

“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

“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

“invidious is the fact that those ideas about African Americans are unfair and socially debilitating. Some”

— John Corvino

“It is my belief that conscious African American students ought to be in a constant state of rage and in a constant search for…

— Pearl Cleage

“We can't simply point out racial injustices, but for the sake of the gospel work to heal them.”

— Jerry Kinard

“The idea that the commodification and suffering and forced labor of African Americans is what made the United States powerful and rich is not…

— Edward E. Baptist

“African-Americans are just as likely to harbor racist attitudes as white people.”

— Ben Carson

“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted…

— Harper Lee