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The American crow is at an all-time low of 82 birds. Others hit by the West Nile, like the black-capped chickadee, have rebounded. — Jeff Chapman

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence. — Malcolm X

We have to undo the millions of little white lies that America told itself and the world aboutthe American Black man. — John Oliver Killens

Obviously I'm in favor of protecting the rights of everybody: gay, black, women, what have you, American Indians. — Gore Vidal

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

The American police had shot another child for being black and outside, and the child had died, there on the pavement in the company of his killers. — Sarah Moss

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. — Yvette Clarke

I am a descendent of a whole bunch of Black folk who couldn't be broken. — Darnell Lamont Walker

The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional inner city school and broken black families. — Star Parker

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. — Toni Morrison

Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

My own family basically did what the American justice system does: I was given more lenient treatment than the black kids. — Trevor Noah

They made you an Amendment and convinced you it meant 'American. — Darnell Lamont Walker

American music culture is black culture. — Yelawolf

Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World. — Black Elk

An American Negro, however deep his sympathies, or however bright his rage, ceases to be simply a black man when he faces a black man from Africa. — James A. Baldwin

This fantasy about the disposability of black life is a constant in American history. — Teju Cole

This is black superhero music right here, baby! — Jay-Z

Black bodies have become ornamental, haven't they? — Darnell Lamont Walker

No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman. — Muhammad Ali

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes. — Maya Angelou

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity. — Michael Jackson

The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling. — Black Elk

Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel. — Conrad Black

Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy. — Gerda Lerner

The Modern Day Black Woman, an Outcast of American Society — Delano Johnson

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk

America's put American Black Folks in such a bad position, empty plates and glasses now get us full. — Darnell Lamont Walker

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw. — Black Elk

The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism. — Conrad Black

If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish. — Black Elk

The Holy Land is everywhere — Black Elk

Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred. — Black Elk

Why is the American black man so complacent about being trampled upon? Why doesn't the American black man fight to be a human being? — Malcolm X

I'm an American chef. I'm American. I live here. I love being here. But, of course, it is different. A black man's journey is different. — Marcus Samuelsson

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants. — Cofer Black

The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy; and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes. — George Bernard Shaw

You may be amazed that you are still unique and beautiful as your natural self. Only you can decide if this style is for you. — Monica Millner

The American Dream is still alive and well ... it's just no longer in the United States. — Simon Black

Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together. — Bernie Sanders

We are real black characters with real character, not the stars of American racist spectacle. Blackness is not probable cause. — Kiese Laymon

The gestures and the swagger and the attitude of black men is imitated everywhere in American culture, but people still find black men intolerable. — Jess Row

In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

He [Iggy] started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. "You're black."
"I prefer canine-American," said Total. — James Patterson

I know that I'm talented, and I know that I'm not in American Ballet Theater because I'm black - I'm here because I'm a gifted dancer. — Misty Copeland

There's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black. — Keegan-Michael Key

The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. — Nikki Giovanni

I am not 'African American' - I am black American. — John McWhorter

The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone. — Conrad Black

I used to go to soul nights because I loved dancing, and so did my friends, and we loved the music. We used to go listen to black American soul. — Rick Astley

How a member of the church - one who had read the Good Lord's bible - could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his destruction frightened me. — Jay Grewal

Don't let anyone rob you of hope. — Pope Francis

Every black American is bilingual. All of them. We speak street vernacular and we speak 'job interview.' — Dave Chappelle

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate. — Jess Row

I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black". — Rick Santorum

I was born black and female. — Lorraine Hansberry

I always root for the black man, like penance for something I had not part in creating. — J.M. August

If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the radio. — Chris Cornell

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door? — Tyra Banks

And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle. — Black Elk

Only one fear was greater than the fear of black rebellion in the new American colonies. — Howard Zinn

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal. — Cassandra Wilson

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon, — Kendrick Lamar

Black people are either threats or entertainment. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Even though I couldn't speak English, there were many times that my black-American parents could read my mind and I could read theirs. — Kola Boof

Being black has a lot to do with my ... — Willi Smith

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero — Morgan Freeman

Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself. — Aberjhani

That's how we do it in the black ... — Snoop Dogg

I saw him enthusiastically greet a hulking big African American (Do they call them African Americans here?). — Brett Kiellerop-Morris

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black

Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only Fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:7 NLT — Eddie Johnson

The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope. — Lewis Black

Racism is so extreme and so pervasive in our American society that no black individual lives in an atmosphere of freedom. — Margaret Walker

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard. — Samuel George Morton

I like American black soul music, that was my first big enthusiasm. — Bill Nighy

I hate white people writing for black people; it's so offensive. So we go out and look specifically for African-American voices. — Lee Daniels

I believe that the American audience is not so dumb that they wouldn't be interested in a black story. — Euzhan Palcy

Black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed
by anyone. — Joycelyn Elders

Everything in life has its price, and often the heaviest prices we pay are not in terms of money. — Raynetta Manees

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American. — George Foreman

I want to get into the educational DNA of American culture. I want 10 percent of the common culture, more or less, to be black. — Henry Louis Gates

I'm thinking about American votes and American - all Americans, black or white have to be concerned about what's happening in the world. — Greg Gutfeld

Black history is American history. — Morgan Freeman

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. — Arthur Ashe

There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture. — Jess Row

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires ... — June Jordan

A white American can orbit the earth, but a black American can't enter a restroom. — Ken Follett

$1,200, That was the price of a man in those days. Now you can call him black, or you can call him a slave, but he was a man nonetheless. — Jay Grewal

I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism. — Malcolm X

I order to avoid falling into the product junkie traps, it's good to know your go-to styling products. — Monica Millner

There's no question that I'm African-American. OK? I'm a black man. We're not going to escape that. — Mekhi Phifer

There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government. — Allen West

Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously. — Bell Hooks

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power. — James Stockdale

You look like a black American was his ultimate compliment, which he told her when she wore a nice dress, or when her hair was done in large braids. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The people we elect aren't bipartisan. The American public is bipartisan. — Lewis Black

Whose little boy are you? — James Baldwin

I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. — Morgan Freeman