“I'm proud that some of our African-American friends are marching with us. This is about the Chinese and the Germans and the Russians, too.”
Luis Ibarra
“It was advantageous to all of us. We were delighted to present a quality company of African-American productions, and the Dunbar was happy to have a nice environment where they could rehearse, hold board meetings and take care of their office needs.”
Fran Drew
“I am not a racist. I have a lot of very close friends of African-American background.”
Ernie Bach
“Take jazz or blues; you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations of the value and worth of the African-American spirit. And young people would do well to understand them as the roots of today's rap, rather than some antique to be tossed away.”
August Wilson
“I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”
Muhammad Ali
“The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.”
Dave Barry
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.”
Malcolm X
