Entertainers Quote by Nat King Cole

I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.

— F. Murray Abraham

Now many things are beginning to come out and it was truly a reality to me when I went to Africa, to Guinea. The…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my…

— Laverne Cox

Growing up in the South, I was raised to be a Negro boy. I was acutely aware how other people perceived me, and that…

— George C. Wolfe

Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when…

— Bruce Springsteen

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

— Anonymous

I was raised inside the gang culture.

— Kendrick Lamar

Being African didn't mean anything to me until later in my life.

— Fela Kuti

Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at…

— Walter Dean Myers

As long as I could remember I always wanted to be a gangster.

— Henry Hill

Friends, a guinea pig tricked me!

— Zoidberg

I was born in a Negro town.

— Zora Neale Hurston