African american Quote by Roger Ross Williams

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

“The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man,…

— James Baldwin

We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our…

— Erykah Badu

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

— Algee Smith

“These racialized narratives tend to confirm and reinforce the prevailing public consensus that we need not care about “those people”; they deserve what they…

— Michelle Alexander

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

When 93 percent of our stories are told by white men, it's an issue. And if those white men go on and tell the…

— Lexi Alexander

If a white filmmaker is going to tell a story about a Black family, then because they get all the opportunities that they get,…

— Taylor Russell

The media role in highlighting racial incidents only serves to exacerbate tension. We rarely write about racial harmony.

— Bob Beckel

As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told.

— Chadwick Boseman

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

— Pearl Cleage

We have been fed so many false narratives, many of them racialized to deliberately feed a racist agenda. It's important to address and dig…

— Rhiannon Giddens