Quotes about african-american
african-american consumed
I am consumed with the fear of... Arsenio Hall
african-american looks proud
Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well. Chanel Iman
african-american challenges slavery
The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery. Charles Rangel
african-american way asian
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is Edward James Olmos
african-american actors done
Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it. Eddie Murphy
african-american firsts bolshevism
First of all, Bolshevism represents... C. L. R. James
african-american black movement
Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. Cassandra Wilson
african-american world gains
Don't gain the world and lose your... Bob Marley
african-american female aids
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.
african-american pieces compromise
A good compromise, a good piece of... Barbara Jordan
african-american healthy littles
African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us. Cynthia McKinney
african-american modern-woman laurels
But at the same time you can't... Angela Davis
african-american words-of-wisdom existence
Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
african-american causes passports
The cause of freedom is not the... Anna Julia Cooper
african-american words-of-wisdom chance
Each one should remember there is a chance for him. Booker T. Washington
african-american world remember
Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.
african-american police killing
The police killings of unarmed African Americans has got to stop. Bernie Sanders
african-american president want
Now goverments are a different thing. Presidents who do not want me. As I said, an African-American discriminates against an indigenous Bolivian. Well, they have their reasons, but sooner or later we will all be judged. Evo Morales
african-american responsible
None of us is responsible for the... Marian Anderson
african-american injustice remedy
There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it. Ida B. Wells
african-american substance facts
It's been obvious that [Republicans]'re doing everything they can to make [Obama] fail. And I hope, I hope - and I say this seriously - I hope that's based on substance and not the fact that he's African-American. Harry Reid
african-american television landscape
I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film. Candice Patton
african-american busy
As busy as I am wherever I am, I... Chris Gardner
african-american black call-me
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Herman Cain
african-american moderates hard
When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes. Jill Scott
african-american philanthropy made
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James A. Baldwin
african-american ability doubted
I never doubted my ability, but... Hank Aaron
african-american style socialism
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans. Niger Innis
african-american firsts vote
To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote. Rand Paul
african-american black female
I was born black and female. Lorraine Hansberry
african-american south
The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans. Mary Landrieu
african-american no-excuses young
There's no excuse for the young... Nina Simone
african-american crow slavery
Since the nation's founding, African Americans repeatedly have been controlled through institutions such as slavery and Jim Crow, which appear to die, but then are reborn in new form, tailored to the needs and constraints of the time. Michelle Alexander