Black Quote by Rege-Jean Page

We understand 'Roots,' and that experience was mind-boggling, and it changed the way society viewed race relations. It was incredibly important. With 'Roots,' I…

— Esai Morales

I finally got to watch 'Roots' in my mid-teens, on a video rental. Slowly and meticulously Roots fed its black characters through the mincing…

— David Olusoga

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need…

— Pearl Cleage

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

Our decentralized, localized leadership structure has really allowed for Black Lives Matter structures in their own communities to take on the state and take…

— Patrisse Cullors

There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.

— William Julius Wilson

I remember 'Roots' growing up and the cultural impact it had on the country. Watching 'Roots' was not the cool remove of reading about…

— John Ridley

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

“The lack of moral character is the number one problem in the black community today”

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated…

— Michelle Obama

I have always found it curious that Americans consider Roots' an American story. I first watched it growing up in Zimbabwe, and I naturally…

— Rege-Jean Page

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams