African Quote by Rand Paul

During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.

— Rand Paul

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The…

— William Julius Wilson

How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become a party…

— Rand Paul

“Especially in the Deep South, where Democratic victory was impossible without the neutralization of part of the black electorate, it also implied a revival…

— Eric Foner

The Great Depression, they come out with the New Deal, black people didn't have access to those government stimulus packages. The New Deal set…

— Eric Reid

“Just as African Americans had learned that they did not have enough strength to make good the promises of emancipation, working people learned that…

— Howard Zinn

“The radical philosophy offered, for many African Americans, the most promise. It was predicated on a searing critique of large corporations, particularly railroads, and…

— Michelle Alexander

The backlash against gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.

— Michelle Alexander

As a black millennial, I remember with horrid detail how Democratic policies ravaged my community and destroyed my family.

— Patrisse Cullors

The Democrats pretended to care about black people for about five minutes to help their electoral process, and then civil rights suddenly became abortion…

— Ann Coulter

Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was in the…

— Michael Steele

All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their white allies…

— Bernie Sanders