Being Quote by Opal Tometi

Black folks in America are telling one party, 'We don't give a damn about you.' They're telling the other party, 'You've got our vote.'…

— Stephen A. Smith

I'm energized by the Black Lives Matter movement, just as many people are in the nation.

— Mike Espy

Nationwide about 1 in 7 black men are temporarily or permanently disenfranchised due to felon disenfranchisement laws.

— Michelle Alexander

It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying…

— The Weeknd

When you're Black in the United States, you grudgingly grow accustomed to having people deny that your existence is integral to everything that makes…

— Jonathan Capehart

We live in a racially imbalanced society and we always have been. Black people have been traditionally disenfranchised and abused and misused in this…

— Simone Missick

We now have the Black Lives Matter movement. I find that curious because this country is not quite the melting pot it's purported to…

— Jonathan Majors

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

Black people have been marginalized and kept away from the economics of this country. I think people are starting to understand that and are…

— The D.O.C

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

Our problem is that we don't have enough people in America, including black people, who are progressive and willing to sacrifice their popularity in…

— Cornel West

The Black Lives Matter National Network and the movement at large are sophisticated. We're not easily won over by talking points and campaign trail…

— Patrisse Cullors