Black Quote by Wesley Morris

At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks' dignity by pushing back against the relentlessly negative…

— Jonathan Capehart

Poitier opened the doors to so many artists, not just black artists. There is a line that goes from black to Latin to Asian…

— Forest Whitaker

[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to…

— Manning Marable

The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the…

— Wesley Morris

I think O. J. Simpson was a very prominent figure in the African-American community. He was sort of a manifestation of the American dream:…

— Sterling K. Brown

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not…

— Malachi Kirby

When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a lot of…

— Jordan Peele

Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm…

— Opal Tometi

The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought for African…

— Kwame Nkrumah

There never has been a desire on the part of the government that the struggle of Black people in America should be linked to…

— Louis Farrakhan

We need everybody and all that we are. We need to know and make known the complete, constantly unfolding, complicated heritage that is our…

— June Jordan