African American Quotes - Page 12

• As an African American actress there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact.

  Monique Coleman

  Impact, Doors, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

  Chaka Fattah

  Senior, Poverty, Social

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• I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

  Nat King Cole

  Artist, Jazz

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• The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.

  Bernice Johnson Reagon

  Jobs, Community, Louisiana

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• 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.

  Chaka Fattah

  Children, College, Years

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

  Donna Brazile

  Office, Income, Wages

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• Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Education, Learning, Community

  Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.18, Beacon Press

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• I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.

  Queen Latifah

  Class, People, Age

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• I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

  Tim Robbins

  Thinking, People, Able

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• I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike.

  Anne Northup

  Soccer, Mom, Country

  "Freshman Rep. Anne Northup Wins GOP Attention with Flair". Interview with Susan Crabtree, www.questia.com. August 25, 1997.

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• We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

  Constance Baker Motley

  Racism, Racist, Century

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• I knew that there were several, among African-American leaders, who had been put out by me because of my failure or reluctance to endorse Sen. Kerry

  Rodney Alexander

  Leader, Reluctance

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• 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

  Country, College, Black

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• Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and jazz in the home all the time.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Father, Home, Opera

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• It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century.

  William Labov

  Half, Slavery, Inheritance

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• According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.

  Xavier Becerra

  Heart, United States, World

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• African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases.

  Elijah Cummings

  Female, Aids, Cases

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• The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.

  Charles Rangel

  Challenges, Slavery, Today

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• I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly.

  Bessie Coleman

  Women, School, Flying

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• If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Confidence, Inspirational Sports

  Michael Jordan (2005). “Driven from Within”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes we have to lose our way to find out what we really want, for we often ignore our needs until we are lost.

  Leon Brown

  Life, Baseball, Needs

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• Be the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee nation, once told me how the cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges directly toward it—and gets through it quicker. Whenever I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.

  Donna Brazile

  Running, Tough Times, Challenges

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  I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

  Rosa Parks

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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  I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Faith, Peace

  "50 years after receiving Nobel Prize, do Martin Luther King's peace prophecies still resonate?", www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2014.

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• You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can't see it all.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Dream, Courage

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