Black Quotes

Poitier opened the doors to so many artists, not just black artists. There is a line that goes from black to Latin to Asian with regards to roles.

Forest Whitaker
- Artists
- Latin
- Line
Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

Eddie Huang
- Life
- Culture
- Influence

I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a lot of time with active members on both sides of the law. And if I had to pick the most interesting of the two, the choice is obvious - we all love the guys in black.

Kurt Sutter
- Time
- Writing
- Career
The night had passed completely. The morning star shone in the sky. I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that resembled me. My soul had been invaded - and devoured - by a black flame.

Elie Wiesel
- Different
- Soul
- Night
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Book
- History
- Slavery
My father was a dark-skinned brother, but my mother was a very fair-skinned lady. From what I understand, she was Creole; we think her people originally came from New Orleans. She looked almost like a white woman, which meant she could pass - as folks used to say back then. Her hair was jet-black. She was slim and very attractive.

Ice T
- Mother
- Father
- Dark
All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.

Malcolm X
- Friends
- American
- Man
Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Maya Angelou
- Up
- History
- Past