“The people of America are red, white, black, yellow, and all the shades in between. Their eyes are blue, black, and brown, and all the shades in between. Their hair is straight, curly, kinky, and most of it in between. They are tall and short, slim and fat, athletic and anaemic, and most of them in between. They are the different peoples of the world becoming more and more the "in between." They are a people creating a new bridge of mankind in between the past of narrow nationalistic chauvinism and the horizon of a new mankind--a people of the world. Their face is the face of the future.” PeopleWorldDifferentEyeAmericaPastFacesBlackWhiteMankindHairBecomingCreatingRedBlueFatsBridgesBrownTallHorizonShadeYellowAthleticDifferent PeoplesBecoming MoreSlimKinkyChauvinismNationalistic Book:Reveille for Radicals Source: Reveille for Radicals
“On my cornice linger the ripe black grapes ungathered; Children fill the groves with the echoes of their glee, Gathering tawny chestnuts, and shouting when beside them Drops the heavy fruit of the tall black-walnut tree.” ChildrenBlackTreeFruitHeavyTallEchoesGatheringGrapesNovemberRipeShoutingGleeGroveChestnutsWalnutsWalnut Trees Author:William C. Bryant
“Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?” IfsThinkingPlayHappensBlackFeetFootballBasketballSixTall Book:Disappearing Acts Source: Disappearing Acts
“That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.” CharacterBlackRightsMovementJudgingSkinsFatsCivil RightsTallYellowCivil Rights MovementJudge MeCivil Right Movement Author:Pam Grier
“When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.” TryingRememberBlackAttentionLordFeetSixFemaleTallRemember MeDescribe Myself Author:Maya Angelou
“People are always going to, you know, find something wrong with people who are not the exact same as them. That's just what it is. Black, white, short, tall, religions, whatever. People are bad.” PeopleKnowsBlackWhiteTallBlack White Author:Chris Rock
“My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.” PeopleMenFeelsMayBlackWhiteFeetRedRootsBrownTallYellowAlexDiggingBlack White Author:Alex Haley
“Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, among such sinews. His black hair was thick, and tightly curled. His face was strong and smooth. He had the look of a young indomitable centurion ... I cannot imagine Carl Furillo in his prime as anything other than a ballplayer. Right field in Brooklyn was his destiny.” LooksFacesYoungStrongBlackDestinyImagineFeetFieldsHairPureSixPoundsPrimeTallThickSmoothBrooklynFluidityIndomitableBlack HairCenturions Author:Roger Kahn
“It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall, black guy walking down the street. That is frustrating.” PeopleAmericaGuyBlackWalksStreetsWalkingImpressionTallBobFrustratingBlack Guys Author:Justin Simien
“Being tall and big was probably more painful than being black.” BigsBlackPainfulTall Author:Wendy Williams