Change Quote by Michelle Obama

And, for example, like, when you're having the conversation with your child about getting their driver's license. Well, a white family - their biggest…

— Regina King

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

— Dorothy Height

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all…

— Lorraine Bracco

“This “disorganized family life” in Black neighborhoods was caused by racial discrimination, poverty, cultural pathology, and the introduction of the matriarchal Black family during…

— Ibram X. Kendi

If I can relate the black experience to white people, then they can understand us better and not be so afraid.

— Eddie Griffin

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity.

— Russell Hornsby

Most black families have roots, whether Christian, Muslim or other religions, and that journey is unique for each individual.

— Omar Epps

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place…

— Octavia Butler

That is the thing that brought the Black community through so many of the hardships that we've faced historically. It's the ability to love…

— KiKi Layne

When I moved to Dunfermline, it was the first time I realised how different I looked to everyone else who grew up around me.…

— Ncuti Gatwa

“Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald