“ A terrible depression yesterday. Visions of my life petering out into a kind of soft-brained stupor from lack of use. Sylvia Plath Poet
“ I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy. Sylvia Plath Poet
“ In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness? Jamie Foxx Actor
“ My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. Michelle Obama Former First Lady Of The United States
“ This was the void. Not blackness, not nothingness. This was what lay beneath the thinly painted scrim of reality. Neil Gaiman Author
“ The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the Mt. Everest of American politics, becoming an historic first. Randall Kennedy Law Professor