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What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith.
The struggle of African Americans is everybody's struggle.
Liberal whites are the greatest enemy of African Americans.
There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.
African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.
We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism.
Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.
The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
The people who suffer in the Obama economy have been young people, African Americans, Hispanics, single moms.
African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.
Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice.
Civil rights was not an impossible dream. Thousands of brave African Americans stepped forward to make it happen.
Globalization and deindustrialization affected workers of all colors but hit African Americans particularly hard.
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
Black immigrants and refugees have just as much at stake in the fight to make Black Lives Matter as African Americans do.
Our most polluted neighborhoods are disproportionately home to Latinos, African Americans, and other communities of color.
To me, Harlem is one of the most important places on the earth, particularly when it comes to talking about African Americans.
African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
Unfortunately, a lot of Silicon Valley venture capitalists are disconnected from African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color.
As African Americans, we always have to fight for inclusion, despite your moral background: Christian, Muslim, Jewish - it doesn't matter.
Dwayne McDuffie was one of my favorite writers. When I was growing up, he was one of the few African Americans working in American comics.
And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
Michael Schultz's 'Cooley High' is a classic. Oftentimes, we don't get to see films about coming of age, especially for young African Americans.
The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.
I was well known to African Americans before Bill Clinton discovered me. He was like Christopher Columbus riding up on something he didn't understand.
I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example.
I think Dr. King would be pleased to see the number of elected officials of color - African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and progressive whites.
According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.
When black Britons draw parallels between their experiences and those of African Americans, they are not suggesting that those experiences are identical.
Housing programs designed to help young families and senior citizens purchase homes should be available to people of all races, including African Americans.
Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.
The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.
There is a reason that many African Americans have a healthy mistrust for law enforcement. We don't always feel protected or served by that particular institution.
Much of the foundation of our criminal justice system is derived from slave patrols and was created when African Americans could still be bought, sold, and traded.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.
Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.
The uncomfortable reality we must face is that California, like the nation as a whole, has treated generations of African Americans and Latinos as largely disposable.
Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.
I can do an hour-long speech about Democrats taking African Americans for granted, and I'd have a line behind me of very prominent African-Americans who would say, 'Amen.'
I think young people don't really know that much about the Civil Rights Movement and about the history of African Americans in this country. It's not taught enough in school.
We have a long, ugly history of white supremacy in this country, ranging from Jim Crow laws to keep African Americans down to the 1924 Immigration Act to keep non-Europeans out.
There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!
In L.A., I was a talent manager for many years. I represented many African-American actors. After a while, I became disheartened over the shortage of roles for African Americans.
I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom, but it has to be an education process.
Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.