1,474 Quotes About Black


  • Author August Wilson
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    Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

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  • Author August Wilson
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    I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.

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  • Author August Wilson
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    My plays are talky; I say shut up and listen. They are about black men talking, and in American society you don't too often have that because the feeling is: 'What do black men have to say?'

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  • Author Benjamin F. Wade
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    Remember, gentlemen, you have, by your votes, in this free State of Ohio, so treated a part of her people, these black men and women.

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  • Author Bill Watkins
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    When they reach their 30s, six of every 10 black men who did not go to high school are in prison.

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  • Author Bill Watkins
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    It's not God's will that we should lose a generation of black youth to violence, drugs and prison.

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  • Author Bob Wright
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    There is a very dark, black cloud in this game. It's not in the hands of kids who live next door to you; it's organised groups and organised crime.

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  • Author Bow Wow
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    I'm coming for Ryan Seacrest - I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest for BET. I want to host, I want to produce, I want to do everything for the network.

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