“As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.” GivingSaidKidsBlackColorScreensHorizonPermissionCowboy Author:Walter Dean Myers
“What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.” YoungFoundBlackLinesClearPlayerTalentColorMajorsBrokeLeagueBranchesFascinatingOwnersHiringJackieMajor League Author:Walter Dean Myers
“I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.” PeopleRememberMotherBlackGrowing UpGrowingColorGrewGrew UpHatredSkinsTheaterDrinkingSillyAfrican AmericanSatBlack PeopleFountainHoustonBalconiesHousekeepers Author:Dennis Quaid
“I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.” PeoplePersonsHardBlackColorJudgingGaySkinsOrientationBlack Person Author:Diana Ross
“They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.” IfsRunningSidesBlackColorSuperstitionsSuperstitiousWearing Black Author:John Selden
“I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology.” ArtistBlackWhiteTechnologySupportColorPhotographerDigitalBlack And WhiteProceduresPlatinumDigital TechnologyColor Black Author:John Sexton
“Major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.” PeopleProblemBlackWhiteColorMajorsProfoundOppressedBlack WomenAnti SemitismScepticismMajor Problems Author:Barbara Smith
“Entertainment came out of this thing called a television, and it was gray. Most of the films that we saw at the cinema were black and white. It was a gray world. And music somehow was in color.” WorldFilmBlackWhiteSawsTelevisionColorEntertainmentCinemaGrayBlack And White Author:Pete Townshend
“Now I'm way into suits that I can put on whether I took a shower or not, and wear barefoot and paint my toes black or whatever color the suit is. It's very cool to wear suits like that. Roll up the sleeves and just say yee-haw.” WayI CanBlackColorPaintSuitsShowersToesSleevesBarefootVery Cool Author:Steven Tyler
“I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it's the easy option. But I'm young, so it's nice to be able to play with color and not just wear black all the time. I can save that for when I'm older.” TryingI CanSometimesPlayAbleYoungEasyBlackNiceColorWearing Black Author:Emma Watson
“I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldBelieveDoneKidsActionBlackCommunityWhitePoorColorSkinsGenderScholarshipAffirmative ActionAffirmativeSkin Color Author:J. C. Watts
“I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.” BeautifulBlackColorBuiltRedBlueGreenWardrobeBlondePaletteBrunette Author:Florence Welch
“Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.” BlackColorCurtainsMicrophones Author:Flip Wilson