Black Quote by Opal Tometi

The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of…

— Opal Tometi

I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.

— Wadada Leo Smith

The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean we're all…

— Barack Obama

While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

— August Wilson

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

— Eddie Griffin

I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.

— Bill Duke

The thing is, so much of the African American experience is about the redefinition of roots because of slavery. We were uprooted, and there's…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.

— Nikki Giovanni

I've been very lucky to have a family who has welcomed me and not been hung up on anything racial, almost overlooking the fact…

— Jordan Peele

I don't think any of us that are white can ever fully understand what it's like to be a black person in America today.

— Paula White

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience…

— Dinaw Mengestu