Quotes about African-american

African-American people adore President Obama. Votes: 3

I have a lot of African-American friends. Votes: 3

I actually spoke in an African-American church yesterday. Votes: 3

That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires. Votes: 3

I get overwhelming support in the African-American community. Votes: 3

In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died. Votes: 3

The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King. Votes: 3

The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative. Votes: 3

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters. Votes: 3

Young African-American males: Stop existing. It could get you killed. Votes: 3

We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other. Votes: 3

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American. Votes: 3

I'm an American. I'm not an African-American; I'm an American. Votes: 3

Jesse Jackson's living depends on the maintenance of an African-American victim culture Votes: 3

I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything. Votes: 3

I'm tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro - that's the Scotch-Irish part. Votes: 3

A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent are African-American Votes: 3

Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music. Votes: 3

African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. Votes: 3

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists. Votes: 3

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports. Votes: 3

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. Votes: 3

I'm African-American by my culture, not by my color. Race does not exist. Votes: 3

Too many young African-American and Latino men ended up in jail for nonviolent offenses. Votes: 3

New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino. Votes: 3

The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb. Votes: 3

The African-American community, the community within the inner cities has been so badly treated. Votes: 3

We did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated. Votes: 3

I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept. Votes: 3

My father had the main barber- and beauty-supply business in the African-American community in Buffalo. Votes: 3

I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American. Votes: 3

I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire. Votes: 3

We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American. Votes: 3

My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broadway is experimental. Votes: 3

African-American voters are not nearly as enthusiastic about [Hillary] Clinton as they were about [Barack] Obama. Votes: 3

We have to protect our inner cities, because African-American communities are being decimated by crime, decimated. Votes: 3

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Votes: 3

There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that. Votes: 3

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. Votes: 3

I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American Votes: 3

As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause. Votes: 3

I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step. Votes: 3

People can graduate from beauty school and know everything about white hair and nothing about African-American hair. Votes: 3

If anyone should have the right or need to carry a gun, it should be the African-American community. Votes: 3

I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black". Votes: 3

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well. Votes: 3

More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers. Votes: 3

In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities. Votes: 3

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. Votes: 3

While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes. Votes: 3

Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him. Votes: 3

The whole idea of the first female president is not nearly as momentous or exciting as the first African-American. Votes: 3

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that. Votes: 3

I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community. Votes: 3

I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me. Votes: 3

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone. Votes: 3

I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative. Votes: 3

The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched. Votes: 3

I hate white people writing for black people; it's so offensive. So we go out and look specifically for African-American voices. Votes: 3

In the African-American community, we struggle with a lot of health problems that have a lot to do with our diet. Votes: 3

As an African-American parent, we have to really, really worry about our children and how our children are perceived in America. Votes: 3

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty. Votes: 3

In 2008, the Democrats made a great effort among African-American voters, and they did increase their turnout considerably, and among Latino voters. Votes: 3

America was magnificently characterized in November of 2008 when we elected, for the first time, an African-American President of the United States. Votes: 3

Michigan is very racially separated and the city of Detroit itself is 84 percent African-American and the surrounding suburbs are 86 percent White. Votes: 3

In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it. Votes: 3

To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery. Votes: 3

I will go to the NAACP convention, and explain to the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps. Votes: 3

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. Votes: 3

[According to Twitter] 24 percent of American Twitter users are African-American. That's about twice as high as African-Americans are represented in the population. Votes: 3

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs. Votes: 3

My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly African-American. Votes: 3

No matter where you're from - you can be Native American, Italian, Jewish, Latino, African-American - whatever you are, we're all distant relatives. Votes: 3

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. Votes: 3

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

I ended Affirmative Action by executive order and replaced it with a leadership model that created more opportunities for African-American and Hispanic students. Votes: 3

I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that. Votes: 3

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs Votes: 3

I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional leaders. Votes: 3

If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him. You take a look! Votes: 3

I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can blame. Votes: 3

Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States. Votes: 3

I'm asking for the vote of every single African-American citizen. You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. Votes: 3

I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan. Votes: 3

When I walk in the door sometimes, I'm already an anomaly. Because I'm working in a genre that African-American's don't typically engage in. Votes: 3

I fully understand that the African-American community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right. Votes: 3

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood. Votes: 3

I think that I've developed very, very good relationships over the last little while with the African-American community. I think you can see that. Votes: 3

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments. Votes: 3

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted. Votes: 3

I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. Votes: 3

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community. Votes: 3

I'm the whitest guy you will ever meet. The first time I saw an African-American, my dad had to tell me to stop staring. Votes: 3

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience, Votes: 3

When African-American police officers involved in a police action shooting involving an African-American, why would Hillary Clinton accuse that African-American police officer of implicit bias? Votes: 3

I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man. Votes: 3

One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition. Votes: 3

There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black. Votes: 3

I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive. Votes: 3

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry. Votes: 3

My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood. Votes: 3

Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements. Votes: 3

Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader. Votes: 3

I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to make their sentiments public. Votes: 3

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it. Votes: 3

I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry Votes: 3

Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts. Votes: 3

I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female. Votes: 3

In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view. Votes: 3

We must protect the civil rights of American citizens - African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and all Americans - by ensuring that their jobs, wages, and well-being come first. Votes: 3

Her continuity - you know, if you connect Harriet Tubman, who died in 1913, to Rosa Parks, born in 1913, you get this extraordinary spectrum of the African-American experience. Votes: 3

I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers. Votes: 3

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us. Votes: 3

It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a citizen of the United States. Votes: 3

Everybody knows this legend in kind of African-American lore. There's always somebody in your neighborhood named Orangejello or Lemonjello. And that's spelled - Orangejello is spelled O-R-A-N-G-E-J-E-L-L-O. Votes: 3

Ajamu Baraka comes out of the tradition of the African-American intellectuals, the people who really been standing up for African-American rights and economic rights and workers rights. Votes: 3

Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day. Votes: 3

The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community. Votes: 3

There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and the police in major American cities. Votes: 3

Culture is about humanizing people. You look at the African-American civil rights movement, you look at the LGBT rights movement - the culture changed before the politics did. Votes: 3

The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean we're all kind of mixed up. Votes: 3

Let's go beyond the Trinity of African-American History. There are so many more to learn about other than Harriett Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks. Votes: 3

I've never understood people who say they're not a practicing Jew. You never hear a black guy say he's not a practicing African-American. What does it even mean? Votes: 3

I don't have a problem with these Arizona laws. I have a problem with Chicano, Gay and Lesbian, Asian-American and African-American histories not being taught in American History courses. Votes: 3

Donald Trump insisted yesterday that he is not racist, because one time an African-American won Apprentice. Because nothing says 'not racist' like making a black man run your errands. Votes: 3

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community. Votes: 3

These same people who accuse Planned Parenthood of 'targeting' African-American children, they care about you only while you're in the womb. The minute you crown, you're on your own. Votes: 3

I think others may look at the uniqueness of my candidacy, the fact that I'm an African-American, conservative tea party Republican, and somehow race injects itself into the conversation. Votes: 3

Stop using the word 'Negro.' The word is a misnomer from every point of view. It does not represent a country or anything else ... I am an African-American. Votes: 3

Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It's quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It's quite extraordinary. Votes: 3

The blues style - moody or rollicking or boastful or bashful - developed in the Delta around 1900 and was, for a time, exclusively African-American. That isn't the case anymore. Votes: 3

My father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of a similar dynamic as my biological parents. Votes: 3

We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community. Votes: 3

I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a college graduate, I'm African-American and I'm gay. Votes: 3

They [African-American community] have been abused and used in order to get votes by Democrat politicians, because that's what it is. They've controlled these communities for up to 100 years. Votes: 3

Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board. Votes: 3

That's not an accident that Donald Trump didn't begin with, say, trade or jobs or anything, that he actually began by otherizing the first African-American president of the United States. Votes: 3

I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down. Votes: 3

I didn't have the sensibilities of your ordinary filmmaker, let alone your ordinary African-American filmmaker. My heroes were John Waters, Pedro Almodovar, and actors that were part of that world. Votes: 3

We're African-American and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation. Votes: 3

I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so many millions of our young people. And they listenin'. Votes: 3

On top of that she promises uncontrolled, low-skilled immigration that continues to reduce jobs and wages for American workers, and especially for African-American and Hispanic workers within our country. Our citizens. Votes: 3

African-American communities have suffered under Democratic control. To those, I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump? What do you have to lose? Votes: 3

My first novel, Leaving Atlanta, took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that left at least 29 African-American children dead. Votes: 3

The African-American community has been let down by our politicians. They talk good around election time, and after the election, they say, see ya later, I'll see you in four years. Votes: 3

The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house. Votes: 3

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community. Votes: 3

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community Votes: 3

My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family. Votes: 3

The average late-night viewer is in their mid-50s and the average viewer of TBS is in their 30s and is largely African-American and Hispanic, already, before I even get there. Votes: 3

My first novel, 'Leaving Atlanta,' took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that left at least 29 African-American children dead. Votes: 3

If [Hillary] Clinton can't boost African-American turnout, even with all that help, the question becomes whether she can make up for it with historic levels of support from Hispanics and suburban women. Votes: 3

Every African-American I know has two faces. There's the face that we have for ourselves and the face we put on for white America for the places we have to get to. Votes: 3

And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery Votes: 3

I'm excited about my own network, BounceTV. It's the first African-American-owned broadcast network. It's myself, my partner Rob Hardy, and some other African-American businessmen, including Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III. Votes: 3

The writer in me can look as far as an African-American woman and stop. Often that writer looks through the African-American woman. Race is a layer of being, but not a culmination. Votes: 3

I think you had the GOP down there in North Carolina reaching out to African-American voters and this guy coming on television and using the N-word and saying what Don Yelton said. Votes: 3

We all remember that [Donald] Trump was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the presidency of our first African-American president Barack Obama, which is an outrage. Votes: 3

I am more of a conservationist, myself. And people have come to me and said, "Wow, you're an African-American conservationist!" And my response is, "No, I'm a conservationist who happens to be black." Votes: 3

As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences. Votes: 3

Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church. Votes: 3

Let's face it many on the political right believe this President ought not to be there. They oppose him not for his policies and political view but for who he is, an African-American. Votes: 3

When I saw Fannie Lou Hamer speech I said, "Well, how did this Democratic Party that Miss Hamer is talking about, become the Democratic Party that now is the party of the African-American community?" Votes: 3

This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority-African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. Votes: 3

I was filled with rage. These same people who accuse Planned Parenthood of "˜targeting' African-American children, they care about you only while you're in the womb. The minute you crown, you're on your own. Votes: 3

Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here today as the Republican chairman to tell you we were wrong. Votes: 3

I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it. Votes: 3

The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact. Votes: 3

The numbers in Ohio as well as the rest of the nation make it clear that the African-American communities have been targeted and logic makes it clear that this did not happen coincidentally or unintentionally. Votes: 3

You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat higher-fat foods, we're the ones with fewer wrinkles - it makes you wonder. Votes: 3

I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me. Votes: 3

When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community. Votes: 3

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton. Votes: 3

African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse among African-Americans for colon, prostate and ovarian cancers as well. Votes: 3

The whites were really brutishly ignorant, blitheringly, so they killed people sometimes - just came into the African-American community and maimed people because they didn't agree with God's choice for the colors of the people's skin. Votes: 3

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African. Votes: 3

Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office, not for his skin color. I certainly believe he has the capacity. Votes: 3

Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl. Votes: 3

What I want to do is basically tell my generation's story about how music and culture helped affect a generation, and a generation that's so profound, that it went on to elect the first African-American president. Votes: 3

With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you're comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard. Votes: 3

I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

As an African-American, we stand on the shoulders of people who fought despite not seeing victories in their lifetime or even in their children's lifetime or even in their grandchildren's lifetime. So fatalism isn't really an option. Votes: 3

African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there are just as many facets of us as there are other cultures. Votes: 3

I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options. Votes: 3

My husband [Julius Tennon] and I started a production company. We've already optioned a book and some scripts to do exactly that, to create more complicated, multi-faceted roles for African-Americans, especially African-American females. I think it's important. Votes: 3

We need law and order in the inner cities, because the people that are most affected by what's happening are African-American and Hispanic people. And it's very unfair to them what our politicians are allowing to happen. Votes: 3

I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American literature. All of these things are part of who I am and what I write. Votes: 3

Nowadays people always say, 'How come he's doing such young shows?' But they never mention 'The Mod Squad'. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl. Votes: 3

I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did. Votes: 3

It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American president without the integrating effect of black music - from Louis Armstrong to hip-hop - and black drama and fiction, commercial as much as 'serious.' Votes: 3

I wanted my art to deal with very formal concerns and to deal with very material concerns, and to deal with antecedents and art history, which for me go very far beyond just the influence of African-American artists. Votes: 3

I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want to be a strong role model for my family and for other African Americans. Votes: 3

I've had some Democrat African-American leaders tell me they're really not all that comfortable with Obama as the lead at the MLK festivities 'cause he's not down for the struggle. He does not have that in his roots. Votes: 3

The Botanischer Garten in Berlin has one of Europe's finer winter trails, leading in careful order from glasshouses devoted to African-American and Australian desert species, through a fine collection of tropical plants, and on to the orchid house. Votes: 3

There are African-American families around this country - a large, large number of African-American families - that operate out of complete fear that their kids are going to be taken from them and will do anything to prevent that. Votes: 3

To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas. Votes: 3

There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie. Votes: 3

Sen. Joe Biden, on the day of announcing his candidacy for president of the United States, called Barack Obama the first mainstream African-American who is articulate, bright, and . . . clean. I think we've seen the shortest presidential campaign in history. Votes: 3

There's the National Organization for Women feminist faction, there's the NAACP liberal African-American faction, there's the La Raza Hispanic faction. They're pitted against each other and it runs so contrary to the E pluribus unum American middle class experience. Votes: 3

I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label me. African- American is socially acceptable for some people, but I am not some people. Votes: 3

I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handily revolutionized the political, artistic and historical discourses about America. He created his particular and original language. Votes: 3

I meet almost no one that goes to an African-American church or thinks, "I'm going to do that." Now there are whites in African-American churches. They're interracially married. They're highly committed. Maybe there's a professor or two, or a student. Votes: 3

Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive. Votes: 3

In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is a Latino man, and the black label is rejected as robbing Hispanics of a hero. Votes: 3

Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way it dealt with us. We had to learn to express and affirm values not from the winning position. Votes: 3

Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive. Votes: 3

I hope that more [African-Americans] decide to play after seeing the things that I was able to accomplish; not only myself, but other African-American players. Hopefully, they pick up a bat and a ball and go out there and play. Votes: 3

I never thought my granny, somebody that was born down South, who witnessed America when it was segregated, would see, in her lifetime, an African-American in office as the President of the United States. It's major, it's a real historic day. Votes: 3

I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In other words, Black feminist thought encompasses theoretical interpretations of Black women's reality by those who live it. Votes: 3

The good news is that the American people, not just the African-American community are saying enough is enough. You can`t hold people in custody and suddenly find out that they are dead. You can`t shoot people in the back. Votes: 3

I grew up upper-class. Private school. My dad had a Jaguar. We're African-American, and we work together as a family, so people assume we're like the Jacksons. But I didn't have parents using me to get out of a bad situation. Votes: 3

With Bolivia, I had hope that a discriminated African-American, with another discriminated indigenous peasant leader, I hoped that together we could work for justice and equality. Not only for just two countries, Bolivia and USA, but for equality around the world. Votes: 3

We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying their salary, who want to be served and protected, who these officers are take an oath to do so. Votes: 3

When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we're on a roll here. But I am still first and foremost in search of freedom. Votes: 3

What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a certain element of blues, even a hint of soul or blues music, derivative of African-American blues, folk, spiritual, or gospel. Votes: 3

While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice. Votes: 3

As CNN saw our growth in African-American viewership, they affirmed a fundamental truth of news coverage - people will watch you if they see themselves in what you report. It doesn't hurt if the people doing the reporting look like them, too. Votes: 3

You make real progress when somebody is honest enough to say something that's really uncomfortable. Of course when you're a candidate's wife and when you're first lady and the first African-American first lady to boot, that is very, very hard to do. Votes: 3

I feel like because black Cuban artists don't have the kind of pressure to thematize race in the way that African-American artists do, there's more space for them to do their art without having to discuss it in terms of racial identity. Votes: 3

The designation is useful and necessary and sometimes limiting but it is only limiting to people who think, for example, that African-American literature couldn't possibly be something they could be interested in or relate to. They have limited imaginations, which is sad. Votes: 3

I think it's a wonderful thing to have African-American characters. Look at life. It's not a white world or a black world; there are all kind of people in it. It's showing growth, and in today's world there are so many outlets. Votes: 3

Interestingly, a lot of the polling that I see is not along racial lines, but along generational lines. We are doing better and better among younger people, not so well among older people, whether they're African-American, whether they're white or whether they're Latino. Votes: 3

I've tried to be inclusive in my '2B' series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character. Votes: 3

As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own personal biography and affiliations with the demands of the broader democracy. And you need to make sure you are representing everybody. Votes: 3

There's good reason to be excited. You have the first woman running who is qualified, and a very attractive African-American who has demonstrated crossover appeal. I got involved in politics 40 years ago during the civil rights movement, so yes, it's an exciting thing. Votes: 3

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans. Votes: 3

I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you. Votes: 3

I want to do things that haven't been done, including fixing and making our inner cities better for the African-American citizens that are so great, and for the Latinos, Hispanics, and I look forward to doing it. It's called make America great again. Votes: 3

My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in government and the corporate world. She was a great role model in that she felt anything was possible. Votes: 3

Warren Moon and Doug Williams really didn't run that much. That's the negative stereotype when it comes to African-American quarterbacks, that most of us just run. Those guys threw it around. I like to think I can throw it around a little bit. Votes: 3

I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate. Votes: 3

What the White House is trying to do is racialize all politics and they're especially trying to tell the African-American voter that the GOP is against letting them have a chance at a good life in this economy, and that's just a complete lie, Votes: 3

Boomerang!' I love that movie just because of Halle Berry, Robin Givens, Eddie Murphy, Grace Jones and Eartha Kitt. There were so many characters. As an actress, to see African-American actors be so diverse was different from what I was used to seeing. Votes: 3

I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out of the public schools, then you're going to lose a lot of people that you might have discovered were talented, very early. Votes: 3

I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar Michelle Obama setting the standard for American women. I simply cannot say it enough: look how far we've come. Votes: 3

My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally imitating whoever I was talking to. I didn't want to be a phony, but I felt very authentic in the moment. Votes: 3

I think the '90s is the reason why I recently had to find natural haircare products to allow my hair to grow. That was a time where they were processing your hair, and it was a time when African-American women wanted that straight hair. Votes: 3

When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers. Votes: 3

Racism is worse than ever. Violence is worse than ever. The economy's worse than ever. Unemployment's worse than ever. And it's Democrats that have been running the show, with the first African-American president at the top of the heap, and it didn't get any better? Votes: 3

Racism is worse than ever. Violence is worse than ever. The economy's worse than ever. Unemployment's worse than ever. And it's Democrats that have been running the show, with the first African-American president at the top of the heap, and it didn't get any better? Votes: 3

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama! Votes: 3

Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's successful because to resonate with women across the board for six years and have only one African-American actor pass through for one episode. Votes: 3

I think Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president of the United States. Let's not forget, this guy was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement, which was an effort to delegitimize the presidency of the first African-American president we have ever had. Votes: 3

There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because I want it that way, but rather because it's just the way people look at the work of an African-American artist in this country. Votes: 3

I think most people write from what they see in their own world, which is maybe why we so often see an African-American woman as the best friend, or the one you bring in when you need some sass. It's like we're put in a box. Votes: 3

It's just a fact that if you're a young African-American man and you do the same thing as a young white man, you are more likely to be arrested, charged, convicted, and incarcerated. So we've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system. Votes: 3

There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him. Votes: 3

Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He opposed the nomination of Loretta Lynch, the nation's first African-American woman to serve as attorney general. These things worry me. Votes: 3

Welfare has destroyed the African-American family by telling young black women that husbands and fathers are unnecessary and obsolete. … We have incentivized fornication rather than marriage, and it's no wonder we are now awash in the disastrous social consequences of people who rut like rabbits. Votes: 3

African-American men are more likely to be killed in police incidents, stopped and searched, and sentenced to longer prison terms than white men convicted of similar crimes. Behind these statistics are heart-wrenching stories of lives cut short and families ripped apart. We have to make this right. Votes: 3

I look white to a lot of people. And I'm not. I'm African-American. I'm mixed. I like to call myself Mulatto because that definition fits. So, you know, I've dealt with the conflict my whole life between how I look and my actual ethnic and racial identity. Votes: 3

I'd been listening to African-American music since the first record I ever bought, which was by Sam Cooke. And it sounds more like my private thoughts that I never thought I would be able to articulate - I never thought I would be able to express publicly. Votes: 3

There's an African-American professor at a noted Ivy League school who is saying there's three kinds of white people, and only one of the three different kinds is worth anything, and that they're so tiny and so small a group that you don't need to be worried. Votes: 3

Crisis' seems to be too mild a word to describe conditions in countless African-American communities. It is beyond crisis when in the richest nation in the world, African Americans in Harlem live shorter lives than the people of Bangladesh, one of the poorest nations of the world. Votes: 3

There's an African-American professor at a noted Ivy League school who is saying there's three kinds of white people, and only one of the three different kinds is worth anything, and that they're so tiny and so small a group that you don't need to be worried. Votes: 3

There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them. Votes: 3

It's an honor to be a part of Magic Shave as their new ambassador. One of the problems that some African-American men have with shaving is razor bumps. Magic Shave is perfect because once you eliminate the razor, you eliminate the bumps, and it's so easy to use. Votes: 3

Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He was drenched in a sense of shame about his being featured as the preeminent leader of African-American culture and the civil rights movement. Votes: 3

Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities. Votes: 3

There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends in the African-American community. They had right on their side. They conducted themselves in high standards, with courage and determination, and they were victorious. They overcame. Votes: 3

We can't all work in the inner city. And, I don't even think that it is incumbent upon an African-American intellectual to be concerned in their work with problems of race and class. It's just one of the things, that we here at the DuBois Institute, are concerned about. Votes: 3

Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not exactly colorblind, this America is one in which different races easily interact, in which a white person might have an Asian boss, Hispanic stepson, or African-American frenemy. Votes: 3

It is a cultural tradition that makes New Orleans what it is. It also represents the roots of American music and an important part of the African-American community in New Orleans. It unites people in some of the poorer neighborhoods of the city. It is absolutely critical to continue. Votes: 3

In Obama's case, we've enabled affirmative action to find a home in the nation's highest office. There you have it. I said it and I stand by it. America fell for the gimmick candidate, disregarding every fact and warning sign in the rush to have 'the first African-American president.' Votes: 3

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges. Votes: 1

I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin. Votes: 1

You never hear about a pit bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them... and, in many ways, pit bulls are like young African-American males. Whenever you see us in the news, it's for getting shot and killed or shooting and killing somebody - for being a stereotype. Votes: 1

Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can't be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns. Votes: 1

From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration for the first African-American president, I'm speechless right now because I never thought I'd - I never ever - I couldn't even see that far. Even when I ended up in the music business, I couldn't see that. Votes: 1

There's 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 didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it. Votes: 1

I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-­American. Votes: 0

Michael Jackson National African American Art Examiner Series Votes: 0

We are African in origin and American in birth. Votes: 0

I am not an African. I am an American. Votes: 0

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American. Votes: 0

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon, Votes: 0

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. Votes: 0

The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. Votes: 0

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist. Votes: 0

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double. Votes: 0

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Votes: 0

I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice. Votes: 0

I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood. Votes: 0

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country. Votes: 0

In the African American community, we are very 'hush, hush' about things in our life. Votes: 0

The African-America n experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. Votes: 0

I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. Votes: 0

And Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker. Votes: 0

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. Votes: 0

Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. Votes: 0

Take that bone out of your nose and call me back (to an African American female caller). Votes: 0

I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American. Votes: 0

America is ready to elect its first African American President, especially one with light-skin and and no Negro dialect. Votes: 0

A transplanted Irishman, German, Englishman is an American in one generation. A transplanted African is not one in five! Votes: 0

People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors, Votes: 0

To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote. Votes: 0

It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars. Votes: 0

The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies. Votes: 0

I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman. Votes: 0

There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large. Votes: 0

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. Votes: 0

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. Votes: 0

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. Votes: 0

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president. Votes: 0

If we can elect an African American as president, we can support gay marriage! Defeat prop 8! We will not give up! Votes: 0

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film. Votes: 0

Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team. Votes: 0

I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to. Votes: 0

For starters, Portland isn't a great city to live in if you're a young, African American male with a lot of money, Votes: 0

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. Votes: 0

If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white person. Votes: 0

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. Votes: 0

African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college. Votes: 0

This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. Votes: 0

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans. Votes: 0

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world. Votes: 0

It takes time for brown people and people of different ethnicities to get into the Hollywood world, which is predominantly Caucasian and African American. Votes: 0

Does this mean that in some places I'm American and in some places I'm African American and in other places, by logical extension, I'm nobody? Votes: 0

The 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: 0

When the average American consumes 43 times as much as the average African, we've got to think that consumption is an issue. It's not just about population. Votes: 0

I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and needs of my interpreters. Votes: 0

I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them. Votes: 0

I want to be the voice for those people who are going through the same thing, like little African American boys and girls getting bullied at school. Votes: 0

Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide. Votes: 0

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback. Votes: 0

I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a Christian, all that I am. Votes: 0

I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style. Votes: 0

To be a survivor as an African American man - maybe any man - you have to be pretty tough. Or at least that's what we all understand. Votes: 0

I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody. Votes: 0

With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by American policymakers. It screams for remedy. Votes: 0

American audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music through all the festivals that exist here. Votes: 0

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American. Votes: 0

We've gone through the names—Negro, African American, African, Black. For me that's an indication of a people still trying to find their identity. Who determines what is black? Votes: 0

We know so much about the European food story, and we're getting to know about the American food story; but we know so little about the African food story. Votes: 0

Mission: Impossible' is fun. But for myself as an artist, I'm really more concerned with the human condition, the human experience, especially from an African American point of view. Votes: 0

However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more different from other dialects. Votes: 0

Michael Joseph Jackson's genius was the ability to be the raw article himself - the real article himself. He is part of the African American people who were marginalized. Votes: 0

'Yo I'm from Africa' Boy you're just a faker. Name one city: 'Uhh, Jamaica!' Wrong! And I think that's a shame, An African look with an American name... Votes: 0

The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader. Votes: 0

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died. Votes: 0

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball. Votes: 0

It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century. Votes: 0

I'm African American, I'm a lot of other things, a musician and an artist. But that woman part holds the most pain for me. And therefore, obviously, the most lessons. Votes: 0

We had two African American writers [Eric Monte and Michael Evans] on the show ['Good Times'] that knew Cabrini Green inside and out, and that's why we set it there. Votes: 0

Obama's a great speaker. Because of his speaking ability and his appearance, a lot of guys got on board. Being the first African American, a lot guys got on board. Votes: 0

We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls. Votes: 0

I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man. Votes: 0

I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud to be an African American in America. I've had some interesting experiences: some great, some not so great, but I love it here. Votes: 0

African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently. Votes: 0

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. Votes: 0

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. Votes: 0

[Michael] Brown's mom, Lesley McSpadden, is the latest African American mother whose tear-streaked face forces the nation to remember the name of yet another unarmed black teenager gunned down under questionable circumstances. Votes: 0

Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inauthentic if we did not have disagreements with this president. Votes: 0

Ending the lawlessness at the border? I don't believe a fourth-generation Hispanic thinks that's evil. I don't think an African American thinks there's anything wrong with protecting their jobs for a change. Votes: 0

Every pastor I talk to says, and particularly if they're African American they'll say, "I'm not black enough for African Americans. I'm not white enough for the whites. I'm not Hispanic enough." Votes: 0

As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact. Votes: 0

As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact. Votes: 0

Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time. Votes: 0

As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn't as good as a white child. Votes: 0

An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write. Votes: 0

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor. Votes: 0

My intention is not to repudiate an African American identity but perhaps to resist how labels take hold, or to make it as slow a process as possible. That's more my sense of it. Votes: 0

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. Votes: 0

I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done. Votes: 0

They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some of the arguments and discrepancies African American actors have with the opportunities here. Votes: 0

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic. Votes: 0