African american Quote by Tracy Martin

There are African-American families around this country - a large, large number of African-American families - that operate out of complete fear that their…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you…

— Stokely Carmichael

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we…

— Rosa Parks

As a parent, you want to protect your children, but the fact of racism in this country, of inequality, that is still a lesson…

— Jesmyn Ward

We all have to have more rigorous expectations of our kids in America.

— Michelle Rhee

Racism should be a core concern for all Americans in every area of our lives.

— Opal Tometi

I think the U.S. is terrifying and it saddens me. You only have to look at the state of affairs in America. I do…

— Tom Cruise

The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance is always considered in…

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

For generations, black children have been brought up to have a critical race consciousness, a framework for dealing with prejudice and discrimination, which helps…

— Rachel Simmons

I know parents across America remain sick with worry about the safety of their children. I feel that anguish.

— Lucy McBath

“...Of course there was no word in the American papers, and no one at the State Department had a clue- at least not that…

— Naomi Benaron

I'm concerned about my children being so much in the media.

— Sridevi