All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
People only say I'm angry because I'm black and I'm a woman. But all sorts of people write with strong feeling, the way I do.
Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal.
There's the idea that people should be able to control how the information that they're giving to websites is used and monetized in a more clear and powerful way. That's something that probably will need government action.
In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented.
I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.
My favorite video game of all time is called 'Black Tiger'. It's a Capcom Dungeons and Dragons game from 1987. I have the actual arcade version sitting in my office.
At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.
Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.
I remember one time being told I could not play in a basketball game at the College of William and Mary because I was black, even though I was playing with a United States Army team.
I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
Olaf Oleeson: My love for you is ticking clock BERSERKER! Would you like to suck my cock BERSERKER! Willam Black: That's beautiful, man!
Nicky Santoro: That black book's a joke. It's only got two names in it for the whole country. And one of them's still Al Capone.
Steve Rogers: [gets into Black Widow's car] Can't run everywhere. Sam Wilson: No, you can't.
Sonny Black: You know what we do when we find that rat, right, Lefty? Lefty: 'Could be I found him already.
Nicky: [playing Gin] Look at this hand. This ain't a hand. This is a fuckin deformed Creature from the Black fuckin Lagoon's claw I got here.
Private Cowboy: I think what she's trying to say is that you black boys pack too much meat.
Melvin Udall: Police! Donut-munching morons, HELP ME! HELP ME! Frank Sachs: Shh! Melvin Udall: Assault and Battery - and you're black!
[from trailer] Harry Potter: You'll stay with me? Lily Potter: Always. Sirius Black: Until the end.
Harry Potter: Does it hurt to die? Sirius Black: Quicker then falling asleep.
