Quotes about African americans

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I had never read a book written by an African-American. I didn't know that black people could write books. I didn't know — Endesha Ida Mae Holland, From the Mississippi Delta: A Memoir
Washington was concerned that the soldiers coming to him from Massachusetts were too few and of too low quality. He was — C.L. Gammon, Guns, Politics and Independence: Correspondence between General Washington and President Hancock - June 16, 1775-July 10, 1776
It is my deepest desire to share the worlds of people we don’t often see or read about in media. With my writing I seek — Casey Curry
Some people say, "What difference does it make what color the winemaker is that made the wine? Judge the wines off their — Andre Hueston Mack
I’m most endeared to the fact that they used gifts and talents that were taught to them by other enterprising women who — Robin Caldwell, When Women Become Business Owners
In 7.81 square miles of vaunted black community, the 850 square feet of Dum Dum Donuts was the only place in the "commun — Paul Beatty, The Sellout
On our life map, he drew a bright circle around twelve through eighteen. This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
You must resist the common urge toward the comforting narrative of divine law, toward fairy tales that imply some irrepr — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Slavery is a sin when whites were put to the yoke, but not the African. All men are created equal, unless we decide you — Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
White man trying to kill you slow every day, and sometimes trying to kill you fast. Why make it easy for him? That was o — Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atoneme — Brandi L. Bates
Sandra L. West and Aberjhani have compiled an encyclopedia that makes an important contribution to our need to know more — Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
An inch of gold can't buy an inch of time — Nicole Mones, Night in Shanghai
Most people write me off when they see me.They do not know my story.They say I am just an African.They judge me before t — Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams
Making wine and drinking wine is not new to African Americans and others in the Diaspora. South Africa has a three-centu — Andre Hueston Mack
We are drawn to the Renaissance because of the hope for black uplift and interracial empathy that it embodied and becaus — Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance