#black

As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism. ↗

— Angela Davis

#against #american #black #bound #fight

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. ↗

— Ossie Davis

#being #black #cup #find #gladness

Some of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party. ↗

— Kool Moe Dee

#black #free #free lunch #goin #last

Reckless capitalism kills black people. ↗

— Mos Def

#capitalism #kills #people #reckless

I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks. ↗

— Larry Doby

#being #blacks #bring #going #hard

A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#arrest #been #black #books #france

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#areas #black #black and white #even #exploring

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#because #been #blacks #doing #history

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman. ↗

— Lena Horne

#black #clear #i #i am #identity

You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#because #black #hearts #know #men