I believe in order that I may understand.
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics.
You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.
Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.
The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.
Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient.
College is part of the American dream. It shouldnt be part of a financial nightmare for families
I made my fortune by being able to spot a certain kind of man.
I'd love to go visit the 'Lord Of The Rings' set! That's something that we always want to do, but we don't ever have the time.
I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber,poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys. I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?