Affect Quote by Wole Soyinka

My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on…

— Donald Byrd

Forget the methods or the differences in methods. As long as we agree that the thing that the Afro-American wants and needs is recognition…

— Malcolm X

I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.

— Anthony Braxton

As a black man, I have to respect myself and have nice things. As a man in general.

— Snoop Dogg

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

— Robert Griffin III

I enjoy challenging perspective - challenging ideas of what it means to be a black man.

— Stephan James

You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.

— H. Rap Brown

I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of…

— Oprah Winfrey

It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy because I'm…

— Wangari Maathai

I've been socially deemed black in America, and this is a category that's been hurting my family for generations and that has also led…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar…

— Don Cheadle

The Afro-American is not a bestial race. If this work can contribute in any way towards proving this, and at the same time arouse…

— Ida B. Wells