“It was definitely an honor (being asked to do it). He means a lot for the whole African-American race. He stood up for civil rights. . . . If it wasn't for him, none of us African-Americans in any sport or outside sports, doctors, lawyers, bus drivers or whatever it may be, (would have had) the opportunity.”
Marcus Camby
“The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent”
Maya Angelou
“These wonderful entertainers are coming together with a common bond — honoring Bessie Coleman, the world's first licensed African-American woman pilot.”
Idotha Bootsie Neal
“A good while back the board had decided that they wanted to honor the heritage of the African-American community in naming this school, and also to reflect the groups attending this school.”
Tommie Reece
“This event is not an African American event. This county, we're finally at a point where we can honor the dream.”
Andrew Wittman
“It's a bleak morning for me and for many people and yet it's a great morning because we have a chance to look at her and see what she did and who she was. It's bleak because I can't - many of us can't hear her sweet voice but it's great because she did live, and she was ours. I mean African-Americans and white Americans and Asians, Spanish-speaking - she belonged to us and that's a great thing.”
“It is not black people that mess up a city, it is the stupid way white cops react when decent black folk are in the city.”
Marie Muhammad
