Black Quotes

I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

I am dedicated to end the disenfranchisement of Black America, that has been present for too long.

May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.

I can’t have brown hair for some reason. I don’t think it goes with my skin tone. The second I see it turn brown in the sun, I dye it black – the blacker the better.

I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.

Never become bitter, and in the process, be happy and just go for it.

Black is not sad. Black is poetic.

Do you know, it’s funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.

I don’t think it serves any minority or underrepresented group to be coddled. Because the world won’t coddle you. So I actually believe in tough love, hard truths, black and white.