Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst.
James Weldon Johnson

Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along.
Gordon Parks

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.
Carter G. Woodson

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
Langston Hughes

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
Ida B. Wells

When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.
George Washington Carver

When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith.
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.
Archie Shepp

You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.
Marcus Garvey

You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.
Paul Robeson

You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.
William Christopher Handy