Able Quote by Misty Copeland

Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities…

— Larry Doby

Throughout my career, I have benefitted from the experience and counsel of a wide range of people who took a very personal interest in…

— Laurel J. Richie

Serving the community, I guess it was implanted in me and it's now part of my DNA. As an immigrant, my mother used to…

— Young Kim

Being a young black man, observing and sensing the need for race equality and women's rights, I wrote about what was important to me.

— Curtis Mayfield

Having my foundation be from two positive black role models in my life, my mom and my dad, two strong-minded intelligent individuals who clearly…

— Mr. Lif

Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me…

— Storm Reid

I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to…

— Portia de Rossi

I get overwhelming support in the African-American community.

— Joe Biden

Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for…

— Clarence Major

There are so many people who have helped me along my journey, too many to name really, but most important were my family.

— Mason Mount

My mother and father were united in their determination to start me out in a program that they believed would nurture me culturally, foster…

— Ketanji Brown Jackson