African american Quote by Yvette Clarke

“Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The aggressive enforcement of…

— Michelle Alexander

That happens to a lot of couples. I understand the black history in this country, and regret it, I wish it hadn't happened. See,…

— Rush Limbaugh

Black History Month gives us a time to remember the enormous contribution African-Americans have made as they overcame adversity and achieved greater equality.

— Anonymous

It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich…

— Eliot Engel

“I watched these young people read to the audience parts of history that placed our country in context. I felt, in that moment, envious…

— Clint Smith

Black History Month is an annual opportunity to recognize the central role of African Americans in our state's economic, cultural, social and political history.

— John Bel Edwards

“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African. They judge…

— idowu koyenikan

“A government offering such bounty to builders and lenders could have required compliance with a nondiscrimination policy. Instead, the FHA adopted a racial policy…

— Charles Abrams

“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

No library of American business achievement is complete without the story of Arthur G. Gaston. . . . Black Titan is a long overdue…

— Earl G. Graves, Sr

Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book.…

— Maya Angelou

“North Lawndale's Jewish People's Institute actively encouraged blacks to move into the neighborhood, seeking to make it a 'pilot community for interracial living.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates