The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unless one was another African American, when Troy Lee came in and said, "She only speaks Cantonese." "She does not. She keeps coming in and saying 'What's...
To progress in life, I don’t focus on how much I have done but on how much I have yet to do.
Show me the heroes that the youth of your country look up to, and I will tell you the future of your country.
We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?
Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or anybody else.
People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.
As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.
In today's U.S., it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office.
qYour pride for your country should not come after your country becomes great; your country becomes great because of your pride in it.
To dream of success is to set a goal of where you want to be; to wake up, take action, and achieve it is what true success is all about.
At the end, someone or something always gives up. It is either you give up and quit or the obstacle or failure gives up and makes way for your success to come through.
I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.
I feel like we need to make new superheroes, African-American superheroes, that people would accept.
As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause.
