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This collection holds 866 african american quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Maya Angelou, Horace Grant and Lorraine Hansberry.

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Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then ... - Maya Angelou

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

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I was born black and female.

Never wound a snake; kill it.

Differences can be a strength.

Music is the universal language.

A goal without a plan is a wish.

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

Excellence is the name of the game.

Acting means living, it's all I do.

In every crisis there is a message.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

I am so hip even my errors are correct

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

When you know my love, my love will warm you.

African-American history is American history.

When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.

African-American people adore President Obama.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

Each one should remember there is a chance for him.

The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

Black women have been cultured to compare not connect.

I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-­American.

You don't decide you're hip. It just happens that way.

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best?

I actually spoke in an African-American church yesterday.

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires.

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.

Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.

Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Michael Jackson National African American Art Examiner Series

I get overwhelming support in the African-American community.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

The first African-American leader was Dr. Martin Luther King.

I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know.

You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?

Fifty-eight percent of African- American youth don't have jobs.

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.

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