Black Quotes

There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport… It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.

Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded.

Nothing is ever black and white but I’m sick and tired of all the grey area.

Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it’s like to be stepped on, I know what it’s like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity.

When I was young, I loved black men.

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.