“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.” ArtUseLightArtistBlackWhiteKnowingObjectsPaintingSkillsConvincedSupremeReliefShadeBlack And White Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white... it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme.” IfsTryingFormUsedBlackWhitePaintingSupremeArtisticToneColourDimensionsBlack And WhiteReignArtistic Life Author:David Luiz
“Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court.” WantMayRealNationsBlackPresidentCourtClintonSupremeShockSupreme CourtPresident Clinton Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives by liberals. Liberals are shockingly quick to demean and dismiss brilliant black people like Rice, Carson, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Professor Walter E. Williams and economist Thomas Sowell because they don't fit into the role they have carved out for a black person in America. Black Americans must be obedient liberals on all things or risk being called a race traitor or an Uncle Tom.” PeopleYearsPersonsAmericaBlackJusticeRaceEducationRolesRiskAmountFitRacismAll ThingsHatredBlindCourtConservativeBrilliantSupremeProfessorsBlack PeopleCensorshipTomsSenatorsUnclesSupreme CourtEconomistRiceObedientTraitorStaggeringBlack PersonSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticeUncle Tom Author:Juan Williams
“... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights.” ShowsIndividualBlackSupportRightsProtectCourtNotionFolksHearingSupremeCivil RightsOutcomesSolidaritySupreme CourtDissentCritiqueAppointmentsMisguided Author:Bell Hooks
“It's like they want to shut rappers down. They want to silence us. The Supreme Court says it's OK for a white man to burn a cross in public. But nobody wants a black man to write a record about a cop killer.” MenWantWritingBlackWhiteSilenceRecordsCrossesCourtSupremeRapperKillersCopSupreme CourtWhite Man Author:Ice T
“The wild black scavengers of the skies laid their eggs in season and lovingly fed their young. They soared high over prairies and mountains and plains, searching for the fulfillment of that share of life's destiny which was theirs according to the plan of Nature. Their philosophers demonstrated by unaided 15 Animals reason alone that the Supreme Cathartes aura regnans had created the world especially for buzzards. They worshipped him with hearty appetites for many centuries.” WorldReasonYoungBlackAnimalDestinyPlansSkyShareCenturyMountainSeasonsPhilosopherSupremeFulfillmentEggsFedsAppetiteAurasPrairieHeartyBuzzards Author:Walter M. Miller, Jr.
“For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I love, and Diana Ross And The Supremes. I also met The Carpenters. I was actually there in the studio when they recorded We've Only Just Begun.” SoulBlackWonderMetsMeetingsStudiosSupremeAdoreHighlightsCarpenterDianaMusic SoulMotown Author:Tony Blackburn
“Doesn't anyone wonder why the NAACP does not have events celebrating the first black woman secretary of state?.. Why does an organization whose mission is to advance the lot of blacks not celebrate Clarence Thomas, our black Supreme Court justice?” FirstsDoeStatesBlackJusticeWonderEventsOrganizationCourtMissionsSupremeCelebrateSecretarySupreme CourtBlack WomenSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticeNaacp Author:Star Parker