Born Quote by W. E. B. Du Bois

You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for…

— Madam C. J. Walker

I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was…

— Edmonia Lewis

When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate.

— Michaela Coel

Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had been free…

— Tim Wise

If you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all…

— William J. Clinton

Had (I) been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending upon my…

— Booker T. Washington

Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I wanted to fulfil the unfinished agenda of my father, which was to solve the problems of farmers, daily wage workers, and downtrodden people,…

— H. D. Kumaraswamy

I remember being asked for the first time about my race, and it really took me by surprise, just that it was a point…

— Francesca Hayward

The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My…

— Jonathan Lethem

I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me ... and plenty…

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start.

— Anonymous