#african

I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#african-american community #community #dialogue #get #global

Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#african-american #black #children #households #i

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#african americans #backward #black #colleges #days

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#african-american women #american women #been #behind #bush

I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have said they want to become a part of the solution. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#become #believe #i #i think #nations

The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#african americans #ever #highest #history #homes

While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. ↗

— Eric Holder

#african americans #blacks #country #couple #did

It doesn't have to be dreads. You can wear an Afro, or braids like you used to. There's a lot you can do with natural hair ↗

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#black #hair #race #women #nature

So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth, and quenching the thirst of the day. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#women #literature

What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#stereotypes