2997 Black Quotes for You to Enjoy

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine. Johnny Mercer

With the notable exceptions of rum drinks, black beans, fat brown cigars, the smiles of pretty girls, hot yellow sunlight, and fat men with guitars and bongos playing mambos, rumbas, and boleros late into the night, nothing in Cuba comes easily. Jonathan Miles

Black Men Girl Nothing Late Rum Easily Sunlight Guitars Pretty Pretty Girls Brown Beans Drinks Exceptions Hot Smiles Cuba Yellow Notable Fat Playing Night

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

Hero Black King Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King He American Dr Luther

Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by the singularity of the black hole you just fell into? Neil deGrasse Tyson

Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument has? It's like being between the keys of a piano. The notes are there, you can sing them, but they can't be found on any instrument. That's like me. I live in between this. I live in both worlds, the black and white world. Nina Simone

Me You World Black Black And White Pure White Live Other Worlds Keys Only Voice Both Both Worlds Piano Between Like Know Sing Instrument Did Any Human Being In-Between Them Notes White World Found Human Voice

The black man has become a shell, a shadow of man, completely defeated, drowning in his own misery, a slave, an ox bearing the yoke of oppression with sheepish timidity. Steven Biko

Man Oppression Black Become Own Shadow Bearing Misery Drowning Shell His Timidity Yoke Ox Defeated Slave

A Black man should be more independent and depend on himself for his freedom and not to take it for granted that someone would lead him to it. The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves. Steven Biko

Freedom Tired Game Man Witness Black Depend Independent Would Someone Blacks More Take Lead Him Himself His Want Themselves Should Granted Standing Things Playing

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude. Steven Biko

Attitude Matter Reflection Black Mental Mental Attitude Being

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. Tiger Woods

Sports Black Men White Dressed Like Sport Hockey Golf Basketball

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside. Tracy Morgan

Me Gay You People Old Mind Black Animals Few Young White Believe Inside Martian About Purple Like Look Robots Yellow Friends Straight Them Who

A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as too much salt. I think that you must struggle for betterment for yourself and for everyone. Maya Angelou

You Struggle Racism Yourself Dangerous Too Much Will Black Country Salt Think Too Everyone I Think Must Betterment Also Knowing Up Familiar Person Places Much Many Grows Tongue

Youth is impulsive. When our young men grow angry at some real or imaginary wrong, and disfigure their faces with black paint, it denotes that their hearts are black, and that they are often cruel and relentless, and our old men and old women are unable to restrain them. Thus it has ever been. Chief Seattle

Angry Youth Women Old Black Men Young Our Relentless Unable Some Restrain Faces Cruel Wrong Thus Real Been Women Are Hearts Often Impulsive Young Men Them Old Men Old Women Paint Grow Ever Imaginary

Most kids are smarter than most grown-ups. Kids see the world in black and white... They look through all the garbage and see a world run by fools and dullards and lazy people. And there's nothing they can do about it because they have no power. Dav Pilkey

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. H. Rap Brown

People Oppression Black Poverty Country Address Must Causes Itself

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story. Issa Rae

Me History Thought Black Parents Skin Else Neither Color Never Had Put Knew Proud Accompanied End Did Taught Anybody Anybody Else Story Race Much Really Skin Color

I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories. John Henrik Clarke

Love History Memories People Pride Black Own States Take Clear Come Talents Importance Well Make How Role Did Want Race Ethnic Use Teaches United United States

We are all somewhere or the other a little grey, not black and white. We have our imperfections. Kriti Sanon

Black Black And White Somewhere White Other Our Imperfections Grey Little

Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world - that's how I feel. Lil Wayne

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile. Lorraine Hansberry

God Dreams Man Black Nothing Worthwhile See Seem Give Seems He Like Make Fit Did Children Them Us

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that we should be separate, all right, but in this separate state or separate existence, the black man should be given the opportunity and the incentive to do for himself what the white man has done for himself. Malcolm X

Man Opportunity Black White State Honorable Says Given Himself Existence Done Separate Should Incentive Muhammad Right

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