“It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's just such an honor.” KnowsYoungGirlBlackSeeingTvsHonorBlack GirlLeading Ladies Author:Candice Patton
“Commitments present themselves in delineations of black and white. You either honor your commitments or you don't. Success is the result of making and keeping commitments to your self and others, while all failed or unfinished goals, projects and relationships are the direct result of broken commitments. It's that simple, that profound, and that important.” ImportantSelfGoalBlackSimpleWhiteResultsBrokenHonorProjectsCommitmentDirectProfoundBlack And WhiteUnfinished Author:Gary Ryan
“I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayMeanPersonsCareAmericaBlackPresidentHonorRacistCourageousPresident ObamaBlack Person Author:Alice Walker
“I think the play offers (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans For instance, in 'Fences' they see a garbageman, a person they don't really look at, although they see a garbageman every day. By looking at Troy's life, white people find out that the content of this black garbageman's life is affected by the same things- love, honor, beauty, betrayal, duty. Recognizing that these things are as much part of his life as theirs can affect how they think about and deal with black people in their lives.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksPersonsDifferentPlayLife IsBlackWhiteDealsDutyHonorOffersBetrayalInstanceDifferent WaysAffectedBlack PeopleFenceRecognizing Author:August Wilson
“Of all my prosecutorsnot one is my peer, but each and all are my political sovereigns; and had your honor submitted my case to the jury, as was clearly your duty, then I should have had just cause of protest, for not one of those men was my peer; but, native or foreign born, white or black, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, sober or drunk, each and every man of them was my political superior; hence, in no sense, my peer.” MenShouldLawPoliticalCausesBlackBornWhitePoorCasesRichDutyHonorShould HaveEvery ManIgnorantSuperiorsEducatedDrunkNativeProtestPeersSoberJurySuffrageRich Or PoorYour HonorWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony
“By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight!” WantedPassionBlackDyingHonorSuicideFlamesDaylight Author:Jean Racine
“I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life’s body of work. I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.” PeopleLifeBodyBlackMusicHugeProudHonorMusicianMovedAppreciationMy TimeAccomplished Author:Rich Robinson
“The colors black and white are my uniform, to honor the working class. People like my parents, who were janitors and had to wear a uniform every day. It keeps me grounded.” PeopleParentBlackWhiteClassColorHonorBlack And WhiteUniformsWorking ClassGroundedJanitorColor Black Author:Janelle Monae
“It was an honor to work with Samantha Morton on this Casablanca-esque, silent-film-esque, Americana photobooth Woolworth's hay day period piece of surrealism/ realism/ story time tell-tale-ism, black and white 35 mm film, washed in strange light, over this love hate tune, heartbreak song, life-goes-on lullaby, The Last Goodbye. It's a doorway into the future of the fatal past-tense. Get it?” StoriesLightLastsPastFilmHateSongBlackWhitePiecesStrangeGoes OnHonorPeriodsSilentTalesGoodbyeTunesBlack And WhiteRealismTenseDoorwaysLove HateSurrealismIsmsLife Goes OnHayLullabyAmericanaSilent FilmsSamanthaLast Goodbye Author:Alison Mosshart