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It's nice to be a part of a show I was passionate about and that's pushing the culture forward. I feel 'Black Lightning' is…

— Nafessa Williams

I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.

— Wadada Leo Smith

It's crazy; in the States, people think the black power movement drew inspiration from Africa. All these Americans come over here looking for awareness.…

— Fela Kuti

There is a multitude of experiences that make up the black experience.

— Chance The Rapper

We don't often truly consider the embeddedness of black folks in the American imaginary. America would not exist in its current form without the…

— RaMell Ross

There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver…

— Jenna Wortham

I'm fascinated to see how 'Black Watch' connects with an American audience.

— John Tiffany

I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.

— Cynthia McKinney

My experience has to be funnelled through a black experience or a white experience, or it doesn't exist, because that's how we're going to…

— M.I.A

I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.

— August Wilson

The demonizing of black identity is much more of a global phenomenon than many would like to admit. I've traveled abroad extensively, and it's…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up…

— John Ridley