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Fifty-eight percent of African- American youth don't have jobs.
The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.
Hillary Clinton's done a terrible job for the African-Americans.
There is nothing in the world common to man, that man cannot do.
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
The police killings of unarmed African Americans has got to stop.
A large percentage of my father's patients were African-American.
I've always believed that I could do whatever I set my mind to do.
In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died.
You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
A grievance is a political action. It's not just African-Americans.
Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice.
Young African-American males: Stop existing. It could get you killed.
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
Great men cultivate love...only little men cherish a spirit of hatred
As an African-American actor, a lot of our stories haven't been told.
I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
Catch Fire, Do Something, Get Excited by Finding Your Purpose In Life.
I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.
No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.
We incarcerate more African-American men today than were slaves in 1850.
Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.
I'm African-American by my culture, not by my color. Race does not exist.
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.
African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.
The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.
There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
How can we bridge the gap between... African-American males and white cops?
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.
Justice is not cheap. Justice is not quick. It is not ever finally achieved.
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.
The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height, and I'll take that any day.
I was very fortunate to be able to represent an icon to many African Americans.
It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American.
History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life.
The African-American community is not monolithic. It's liberal and conservative.
I'm African-American. I'd rather follow an African religion. That's my heritage.
The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.
The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.
Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.
I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.