African american Quote by Ruby Bridges

That one lesson that African American communities have learned over the centuries in America is that you can't just take for granted that things…

— Ben H. Winters

We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen;…

— Kym Whitley

I don't regret the fervor, because I do believe, in the African American community but also for other communities, and I know from talking…

— Barack Obama

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we did create Color of Change, an organization which focused on African-Americans in particular, because we felt that…

— Van Jones

If you're black living in the community and you want to change things, there are going to be things that happen. That's true of…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

We have to stop seeing the skin color. I believe that's the most powerful way to change mentalities and behavior. I had to stop…

— Omar Sy

We've had now eight years and there's this prideful sense among many African Americans. When you think about how elated they are when they…

— Ed Gordon

One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from…

— Spike Lee

“There is no Black person here who can afford to wait to be led into positive action for survival. Each one of us must…

— Audre Lorde

As a white person I can educate myself to see how we can try to bring positive change. I learned how John Lewis put…

— Nikola Vucevic

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long."…

— Langston Hughes

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