“The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the whole. The South has not interest, and pretends none, in the mass of Negroes but is very much concerned about the individual.” WholeIndividualInterestJusticeParticularMassConcernedRelationSouthAfrican AmericanRace Relations Book:I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader Source: I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader
“If you come to me and say, 'Hey look I'm a racist,' or 'I discriminate against blacks,' or 'I don't like you because you're African American,' I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don't smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don't really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.” IfsWantLooksI CanHandsRealityFacesGamesJusticeLike YouEthicsIdeologyHeyAfrican AmericanShakesOwnersRacistWant MeFree SpeechCivilityRespect MeI Don't Like You Author:Magic Johnson
“The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing a special sense of sympathy for all who suffer and fail of justice.” HeartLongSufferingJusticeRaceCompassionFailingSpecialHatredWarmAfrican AmericanDevelopingAmerican WomanAfrican American WomenAfrosLong Suffering Author:Fannie Barrier Williams
“[Michael] Brown's mom, Lesley McSpadden, is the latest African American mother whose tear-streaked face forces the nation to remember the name of yet another unarmed black teenager gunned down under questionable circumstances.” RealityRememberFacesMotherPoliticsNamesForceNationsBlackCommunityJusticeFamilyHistoryViolenceGenerationsTearsMomCircumstancesEqualEthicsHuman RightsIdeologyAfrican AmericanTeenagerBrownFree SpeechEqual RightsQuestionableUnarmed Author:Jonathan Capehart
“Black people are dying in this country because we have a criminal justice system which is out of control, a system in which over 50% of young African American kids are unemployed. It is estimated that a black baby born today has a one in four chance of ending up in the criminal justice system.” PeopleCountryKidsTodayYoungBlackBornJusticeChanceFourDyingBabyCriminalsAfrican AmericanBlack PeopleUnemployedJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemOver 50Baby Born Author:Bernie Sanders
“All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their white allies came together and they struggled and they stood up for justice and they stood up to lynching and they stood up to segregation and the stood up to a nation where African-Americans couldn't even vote in America.” LongTogetherAmericaNationsJusticeWhiteLong TimeRacismVoteAfrican AmericanTragicAlliesSegregationRacism In AmericaStood UpLynching Author:Bernie Sanders
“With Bolivia, I had hope that a discriminated African-American, with another discriminated indigenous peasant leader, I hoped that together we could work for justice and equality. Not only for just two countries, Bolivia and USA, but for equality around the world.” WorldTwoCountryTogetherJusticeLeaderAround The WorldAfrican AmericanUsaIndigenousPeasantsEquality And JusticeTwo CountriesBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.” MenRealityDiesJusticeForeverWillingDeedsAfrican AmericanGood DeedsLive ForeverWilling To DieDeeds DoneKind Deeds Author:Jesse Jackson
“In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts?” PeopleFeelsYearsFirstsHas BeensStillsTwoMomentsBigsYoungBlackPresidentJusticeCitiesKeysPoliceElectionCourtChiefsAfrican AmericanLeagueDepartmentVotersBoastAttorneyMayorsBig CitiesProsecutorReelection Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community.” MomentsAmericaCommunityJusticeMassImpactCriminalsReformAfrican AmericanRelateMidstCriminal JusticeBipartisanIncarcerationMass Incarceration Author:Hakeem Jeffries
“When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers.” TryingLooksHardUseIndividualForceJusticeTalkingCitizensRacismPolicePatternsDiscriminationAfrican AmericanDepartmentReportsOfficersSpillsAmerican CitizensRationalizeUse Of ForceFergusonPolice Department Author:Benjamin Crump
“I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, dealing with the fact that we have more people in jail, shamefully, than any other country on Earth, that I am against the death penalty, Secretary Clinton is not, I think, as people become familiar with my ideas, we are going to do better and better.” PeopleThinkingIdeasCountryFactsEarthCommunityHoursJusticeRecordsEconomicsClintonCriminalsFamiliarAfrican AmericanAgendasJailOther CountriesSecretaryPenaltiesMinimumDeath PenaltyMinimum WageCriminal JusticeAgainst Death Penalty Author:Bernie Sanders