African-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess. Votes: 3
Julianne MalveauxThe African continent has always been more queer than generally acknowledged. Votes: 3
Chantal ZabusThe African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. Votes: 3
Lance ReddickAfrican Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do. Votes: 3
William J. ClintonThe South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. Votes: 3
Charlayne Hunter-GaultA growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent are African-American Votes: 3
Charles BierbauerI don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans. Votes: 3
Geoffrey S. FletcherSociety wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music. Votes: 3
Johnny OtisAfrican-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. Votes: 3
Elijah CummingsJesse Jackson's living depends on the maintenance of an African-American victim culture Votes: 3
Mark SteynI am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans. Votes: 3
Bobby JindalI'm tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro - that's the Scotch-Irish part. Votes: 3
Alice WalkerImproving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people. Votes: 3
Richard AttiasI've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything. Votes: 3
Jordan Peele[God brought African slaves to America] so that their descendants would know freedom. Votes: 3
Ezola B. FosterTerrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries. Votes: 3
Pope FrancisThe challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery. Votes: 3
Charles B. RangelThe challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery. Votes: 3
Charles RangelThere's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports. Votes: 3
J. C. WattsWithout Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double. Votes: 3
Chaka FattahMichael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Votes: 3
Michael Eric DysonI think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically. Votes: 3
Ibtihaj MuhammadThe African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries. Votes: 3
Albert SchweitzerOur history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life. Votes: 3
P. W. BothaThe most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb. Votes: 3
Rick SantorumThe African had opinions about the universe that eventually turned out to be true. Votes: 3
John Henrik ClarkeWe did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated. Votes: 3
Bernie SandersToo many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses. Votes: 3
Hillary ClintonNew Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino. Votes: 3
Junot DiazTwenty-two million African-Americans - that's what we are - Africans who are in America. Votes: 3
Malcolm XI'm always very proud of belonging to three minorities: gay, Jewish, white South African. Votes: 3
Antony SherEvery African has a responsibility to understand the system and work towards it's overthrow. Votes: 3
Walter RodneyThe African Development Bank is one of the most aggressive advocates of regional integration. Votes: 3
Mo IbrahimThe African-American community, the community within the inner cities has been so badly treated. Votes: 3
Donald TrumpI'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Votes: 3
Herman CainThe white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had. Votes: 3
John Henrik ClarkeIn the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life. Votes: 3
Kym WhitleyAfrican Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us. Votes: 3
Cynthia McKinneyWhat I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways. Votes: 3
St. LuciaMany South African tribes used extracts from the African bush willow to heal the sick. Votes: 3
Bob PettitWe African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism Votes: 3
Constance Baker MotleyWhat is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema. Votes: 3
Jihan El-TahriI got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire. Votes: 3
Deion SandersThe United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent. Votes: 3
Susan RiceMy theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard. Votes: 3
Danny GloverMay I suggest that people in many African countries could be suffering from donation fatigue? Votes: 3
Nicky OppenheimerThe African-America n experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. Votes: 3
Bill FristThe birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. Votes: 3
Omar BongoThe African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating. Votes: 3
Li KeqiangI feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept. Votes: 3
Terry CrewsI wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings. Votes: 3
Taiye SelasiFor their abuse of [the Black African] race, the whites will be cursed, unless they repent. Votes: 3
Brigham YoungIt's obvious that the rest of the world loves high African culture - African culture, period. Votes: 3
Hugh MasekelaEthiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy. Votes: 3
Mengistu Haile MariamAnd Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker. Votes: 3
Donald TrumpThere is an Islamic population in France, most of which comes from the North African countries. Votes: 3
Jean-Marie Le PenI am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me. Votes: 3
Kwame NkrumahI was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent. Votes: 3
Jacqueline NovogratzThe last time I saw African kids this excited, Madonna was at their school with a net. Votes: 3
Russell HowardI'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little African girls. Votes: 3
Leymah GboweeI'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American. Votes: 3
Emmanuel JalThe curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story. Votes: 3
Nelson MandelaTake that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller). Votes: 3
Rush LimbaughTo be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. Votes: 3
Stephen AmbroseLet us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan. Votes: 3
Pope FrancisLearning to write sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life. Votes: 3
Nadine GordimerGospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say. Votes: 3
Mahalia JacksonMy passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West. Votes: 3
Djimon HounsouDiabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. Votes: 3
Xavier BecerraThere's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that. Votes: 3
Mekhi PhiferRegardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African. Votes: 3
Donald JohansonI did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Votes: 3
Ahmet ErtegunI'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general. Votes: 3
Leah Ward SearsI wonât react to something just because Iâm supposed to, because Iâm an African-American Votes: 3
Kobe BryantIn my music, my plays, my films, I want to carry always this central idea: to be African. Votes: 3
Paul RobesonIt's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' Votes: 3
Theodore BikelMostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well. Votes: 3
Chanel ImanI don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black". Votes: 3
Rick SantorumIt's pretty impossible to be a South African and not have been personally affected by HIV or AIDS. Votes: 3
Charlize TheronMy roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African. Votes: 3
Teresa HeinzAfrican slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing. Votes: 3
Jefferson DavisIf anyone should have the right or need to carry a gun, it should be the African-American community. Votes: 3
Philip SmithWe must learn to live the African way. It's the only way to live in freedom and with dignity Votes: 3
Thomas SankaraI know exactly what I will do. I will go and work with the Congress of South African Students. Votes: 3
Kgalema MotlantheI am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that. Votes: 3
Robert Griffin IIIThe Europeans who went to Africa came back with âmodern' art. What is more African than a Picasso? Votes: 3
Duke EllingtonThe African continent has so many stories to tell, it's about time they are told, by them - not us. Votes: 3
Akilnathan LogeswaranMaybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea Votes: 3
Mick TaylorLet us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word Votes: 3
Ahmed Ben BellaThe first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. Votes: 6 Bernice Johnson Reagon
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans. Votes: 1 Eliot Engel
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. Votes: 3 Janice Dickinson
For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion, let alone an exercise in irrational conspiracy theorizing. Rather, it speaks to a social reality about which blacks are acutely aware. Votes: 3 Tim Wise
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music. Votes: 2 Johnny Otis
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent. Votes: 2 George Ayittey
One of the things that made the Black Muslim movement grow was its emphasis upon things African. This was the secret to the growth of the Black Muslim movement. African blood, African origin, African culture, African ties. And you'd be surprised - we discovered that deep within the subconscious of the black man in this country, he is still more African than he is American. Votes: 4 Malcolm X
In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development. Votes: 2 Paul Kagame
People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair. Votes: 1 Tracie Thoms
Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in South Africa when he was inaugurated as the first president. Votes: 3 Gail Kelly
I often quote an African proverb that says: "The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, It's a treasure we hold in trust for future generations." And I often hope we will be worthy of that trust. Votes: 4 Kofi Annan
It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' Votes: 1 Theodore Bikel
What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization? Votes: 1 William Wilberforce
Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans. Votes: 1 Niger Innis
I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods. Votes: 1 Ishmael Beah
The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. Votes: 1 Omar Bongo
African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence. Votes: 3 Wangari Maathai
Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood. Votes: 3 Conan O'Brien
In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed. Votes: 1 Barack Obama