Abyss Quote by Yusef Komunyakaa

There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual…

— Alice Walker

I'm about looking at each of those perceived menacing black men that you see in the streets all over the place, people that you…

— Kehinde Wiley

There has always been a conscious effort to destroy any upliftment of the black race, whether that be physically, mentally, psychologically, morally, culturally, or…

— KRS-One

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.

— Alice Walker

When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people who will…

— Assata Shakur

That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they…

— Boots Riley

And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet,…

— Abraham Lincoln

There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.

— Toni Morrison

There is a multitude of experiences that make up the black experience.

— Chance The Rapper

I think we have come to a place in black America, sadly from my point of view, where we have once again begun to…

— Shelby Steele

The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and…

— Karamo Brown

The white imagination is sure something when it comes to blacks.

— Josephine Baker