African american Quote by Steve Harvey

The mentoring program [of the Steve Harvey foundation] is to teach young boys the principles of manhood.

— Steve Harvey

I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.

— Carl Lewis

We [the Subban brothers] are role models to a lot of kids, not just black kids, but all kids out there and that's what…

— P. K. Subban

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

Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

— Benjamin Carson

One of the biggest things I understood in a program like that was that it allowed more young African American scholars to do field…

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

“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

“Physicians, patients, and ethicists must also understand that acknowledging abuse and encouraging African Americans to participate in research are compatible goals. History and today's…

— Harriet A. Washington

The public schools in our neighborhood were so bad that the teachers in the school said you shouldn't send your kids here. My mother…

— Glenn Ligon

Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives…

— Anonymous

It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become…

— Ruben Hinojosa

I endeavor to connect young black boys with the necessary resources, which will afford them the opportunity to matriculate in this society in a…

— Phaedra Parks