About Quote by Wanda Sykes

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

When the world's moving towards being the most inclusive it's ever been, it's unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair…

— Troy Deeney

It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once…

— Jesse Jackson

I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the…

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that…

— Anonymous

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

Blacks in America want to forget about slavery - the stigma, the shame. If you can't be who you are, who can you be?…

— August Wilson

Black people need to share collective dollars and demand equal representation, and the way you do that is by controlling their own economy and…

— Killer Mike

I am so proud to be black. I am, nevertheless, tired of the oppression. We need to develop and support a cohesive black agenda.…

— Angela Rye