#black

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #black




You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.


James Weldon Johnson


#begun #black #gifted #just #must

You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!


Van Jones


#believe #black #child #columbine #done

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.


Janis Joplin


#black #feel #know #myth #only

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.


Barbara Jordan


#black #brain #brain power #call #green

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.


Michael Jordan


#everybody #i #like #person #realize

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.


Quincy Jones


#any #been #black #black music #closer

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this.


Quincy Jones


#black #dignified #dignity #hurt #i

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.


Quincy Jones


#black #business #climate #entertainment #entertainment business

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.


Ric Keller


#african americans #black #colleges #country #enriching

Then, as the day progresses, depending on how the product is coming in - for instance, the fish man will fax us and say black bass is great - throughout the day, we'll also make judgment calls and adapt to what's available.


Thomas Keller


#also #available #bass #black #calls