African american Quote by Misty Copeland

The emphasis on personal responsibility is something we've had in black America from the get-go. Every major leader and intellectual worth her salt has…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need…

— Pearl Cleage

I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.'…

— Stephen A. Smith

We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are not policed…

— Patrisse Cullors

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I think that the black people in this country have the reached the point where they should reserve the right to do whatever is…

— Malcolm X

We have a responsibility to do better as black people in this country. I don't care how white people look at you - I…

— Killer Mike

It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are…

— Ida B. Wells

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe…

— Charles Evers

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity…

— Russell Simmons

That one lesson that African American communities have learned over the centuries in America is that you can't just take for granted that things…

— Ben H. Winters

For too long, I think the African-American community has been taken for granted by one party and completely ignored by the other. It is…

— Ana Navarro