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A history inseparable from the nation's own.

These African Americans quotes open with a clear statement, that the nation's story and Black heritage can't be separated, since African American achievements helped build the country's greatness, central to our Black quotes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.

Quotes by Bozoma Saint John

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Nov 07, 2020

As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this evidence, the vast majority of those stopped are young black and Latino men.

Quotes by Bill de Blasio

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Nov 07, 2020

From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

Quotes by Bill Frist

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Nov 07, 2020

Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook.

Quotes by Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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Nov 07, 2020

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

Quotes by Alphonso Jackson

Others speak to lived experience, from adjusting accents for film roles to facing hardship in that 1930s economic collapse alongside other disadvantaged groups; browse our Community and American quotes.

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