Black people Quote by Yolanda King

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In terms of school, we never got taught anything about black history. Growing up, a lot of things are hidden away from you.

— Andre Gray

I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country.…

— Don Lemon

All kids of all races need to understand, not just about black history but their own history. It's something that will help you in…

— Andre Gray

Before I came out, there was no such thing as a black conciousness movement. Kids on the street didn't know who Malcom X or…

— KRS-One

I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history.

— Ed Dwight

The sum total of what I learned about African American culture in school was Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Underground Railroad.…

— Ashley Graham

Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has…

— Karyn Parsons

History is a story like any other, but black history is a story so devoid of logic that it frustrates the young reader. The…

— Rumaan Alam

Nobody black had learned anything from the 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' or from the 'I Have a Dream' speech. That was a revelation…

— Andrew Young

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Young people are constantly absorbing - through media, textbooks, and policy - the myths of American exceptionalism; for black children, this means that what…

— Clint Smith