Black Quotes

We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.

I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.

Since stepping reluctantly into public life, I’ve been held up as the most powerful woman in the world and taken down as an angry black woman. I’ve wanted to ask my detractors which part of that phrase matters to them the most—is it angry or black or woman ?

Even though he understood the depths of racism and black oppression, Ali lived his life as a free man—a free loving and lovable man.

If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black

But between sets I’d sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

You cannot act a color. Do not tell me I’m acting black, because I’m not. I’m acting whatever you want to call it – urban. I don’t even have a name for it. I just call it ‘me.’

Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.

The stairs of our industry must be accessible to all. Let’s climb.