Black Quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates Download Open image “Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black people Country Fighting People Rights
I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for… — Andreja Pejic Copy Share Image
The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Even here in America, people are fighting for civil rights 45 years after the civil rights movement. — Ruben Santiago-Hudson Copy Share Image
African Americans know implicitly that you cannot take freedoms for granted and that democracy is precious. And it's worth fighting for. — Colin Allred Copy Share Image
In American history, Black people are usually the ones doing the work, pushing the boundaries of what America is supposed to mean, challenging the… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Before BLM, there was a dormancy in our black freedom movement. Obviously many of us were doing work, but we've been able to reignite… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
“To Trump whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but is the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“The focus on one sector of Trump voters—the white working class—is puzzling, given the breadth of his white coalition. Indeed, there is a kind… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The greatest reward of this constant interrogation, confrontation with the brutality of my country, is that it has freed me from hosts and myths. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
What I am telling you is that you do not need to know to love, and it is right that you feel it all… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I think 'Dear White People,' the show, is a tremendous artistic achievement. It's always hinting that there is something beyond the pleading and wokeness,… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself. The… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Like a lot of people, I'm very, very concerned about Senator Clinton's record. I'm very, very concerned about where her positions were in the… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“I drove away, as always, thinking of you. I do not believe that we can stop them, Samori, because they must ultimately stop themselves.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What I’m… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image