Quotessence
Home / Topics / Black Quotes

Black Quotes

Browse 8402 quotes about Black.

Related topics

WhitePeopleMenIfsThinkingBlack PeopleBlack And WhiteKnowsWorldWantWayAmericaBlack WomenLooksColorFirstsSaidYearsKindLittlesMeanTryingWellsPersonsCommunityCountryHas BeensFeelsEyeStillsShouldNeedsTwoDifferentKidsMadeLongYoungBelieveCultureGivingChildrenLightPresidentRaceNightBigsRedI CanRacismHumansFacesDarkGuyAfrican AmericanGirlHolesWritingFilmSchoolPoorWhite ManBlack HoleBlueFactsDoeMatterMindRealShowsProblemTogetherDoneStatesHairBookBrownPlayStoriesHardGayIdeasTodayUsedMayWould BeArtHandsRacistSoulWholeUseBlack HistoryEnoughImportantBlack Or WhiteHeartWantedEndsSometimesmore

Black Quotes

“Martin Luther King Jr's agenda was not to help Negroes overcome American apartheid in the south. It was to make America democracy a better place, where everyday people, from poor people who were white and red and yellow and black and brown, would be able to live lives in decency and dignity.”

PeopleHelpingWould BeAbleAmericaBlackWhitePoorDemocracyKingsRedDignityOvercomingSouthEverydayLive LifeBrownAgendasYellowBetter PlacePoor PeopleDecencyLutherApartheidRed And Yellow
Author:Cornel West
Create image

“All talks about legacies of white supremacy must be tied to empowering the lives of poor and working people as a whole. The black agenda - from Frederick Douglas to A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King Jr, Fannie Lou Hammer to Ella Baker - has always been tied to race talk inseparable from expanding possibilities of democracy, expanding empowerment of everyday people.”

PeopleWholeBlackWhitePoorRaceDemocracyPossibilityKingsEmpowermentEverydayLegacyEmpoweringAgendasTiedWhite SupremacyExpandingHammersLutherInseparableSupremacyPhilipBakersFrederick Douglas
Author:Cornel West
Create image

“I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome.”

WayLittlesDreamHandsWould BeGirlWishBlackNaturalWhiteBoysMillionsKingsOvercomingWake UpBeing TrueBlack PeopleBlack And WhiteShockedLutherBoy And GirlHolding HandsI Have A Dream SpeechAnti RacistBoy GirlBlack Boy
Author:Maya Angelou
Create image

“When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor, Black, white, latino Americans who had nothing to lose. They would challenge our government to eliminate exploitative, merciless, and war-mongering policies, nationwide, or else "tie up the country" through "means of civil disobedience." Dr. King intended to organize those legions into "coercive direct actions" that would make of Babylon a dysfunctional behemoth begging for relief. Is it any wonder he was killed?”

MeanWarCountryBodyGovernmentActionBlackLosesChallengesWhitePoorWonderPolicyKingsDevilDirectTiesReliefBulletsDrsOrganizeLutherAstonishingLatinoDisobedienceBeggingCivil DisobedienceNothing To LoseLegionBlack WhiteBabylonDirect ActionMobilizationBehemoth
Author:June Jordan
Create image

“We [black people] don't respect our elders. Besides artists, we don't respect Frederick Douglass. We don't respect Martin Luther King. You look at every Martin Luther King Boulevard out here, and it's a crack block. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just have that problem, and it's something that I am going to spend the rest of my life trying to conquer.”

PeopleTryingLooksProblemArtistBlackWhiteKingsBlockConquerCracksBlack PeopleEldersLutherBoulevard
Author:KRS-One
Create image

“If Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins or any of these compromising Negros who say exactly what the white man wants to hear is interviewed anywhere in the country you don't get anybody to offset what they say. But whenever a black man stands up and says something that white people don't like then the first thing that man does is run around to try and find somebody to say something to offset what has just been said. This is natural but it is done.”

PeopleIfsMenWantTryingFirstsDoeSaidCountryDoneRunningBlackNaturalWhiteKingsCompromiseWhite ManLuther
Author:Malcolm X
Create image

“I don't think Dr. King helped racial harmony, I think he helped racial justice. What I profess to do is help the oppressed and if I cause a load of discomfort in the white community and the black community, that in my opinion means I'm being effective, because I'm not trying to make them comfortable. The job of an activist is to make people tense and cause social change.”

PeopleIfsThinkingTryingMeanHelpingJobsSocialCausesBlackCommunityJusticeWhiteOpinionKingsComfortableHarmonyActivistLoadOppressedDrsSocial ChangeDiscomfortTenseBlack CommunityRacial Justice
Author:Al Sharpton
Create image

“Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and look for moves with a solid positional foundation ... As often as not, his strategy consists of stifling Black's activity and then winning in an endgame thanks to his superior pawn structure.”

TryingLooksMovingWinningBlackWhiteKingsCostActivityApproachFoundationStrategyStructureChessSuperiorsOpeningThanksPawnsEndgameStiflingGambit
Author:Neil McDonald
Create image