Black People famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.
-- Carter G. Woodson -
I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.
-- Jesse Jackson -
Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.
-- Johnnie Cochran -
Black Poetry is not for Black People...it is for everybody
-- Nikki Giovanni -
Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead.
-- Tim Reid -
I am just a pawn. I was just here. They are after a bigger thing, they would love to take us back to where we were many years ago. Back to where black people were looking down, not looking white folks in the face, not being able to compete for a job out there and not be a whole person.
-- Shirley Sherrod -
Portland is often trumpeted as being one of America's coolest, hippest cities. I've been to Portland many times, and I'm always like, "Yeah it's cool and hip, but also, where are all the black people? Why is this city so cool and hip, and also keeping the black people away?"
-- W. Kamau Bell