About Quote by Salim Akil

Jefferson Pierce is the epitome of what black men are: He loves his wife, his children, and the community.

— Salim Akil

One of the reasons that the African American actors wanted to be a part of the show was because these people are talking to…

— Tony Goldwyn

[James] Baldwin was a celebrity. A TV show like Kenneth Clark could put him aside of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He…

— Raoul Peck

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

— Chadwick Boseman

In my opinion, it would be a lot better for the culture - meaning the culture of America - if there was more diversity…

— Joe Morton

'The Cosby Show' - no one thought there's doctors and lawyers who are married and live in brownstones! Back then no one would have…

— Keshia Knight Pulliam

Some people in America don't ever interact with black people outside of television, so we should give them real, believable characters.

— Mike Colter

There's a time when it was an event for a black person to be on television. Where black households would gather around, 'Oh, you…

— Sterling K. Brown

I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who…

— Joe Morton

I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are…

— Darius McCrary

Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst.

— James Weldon Johnson

Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types.

— Andre Braugher