African American Studies Quotes

“Our unity shocked them and we should continue to shock the white man by working together.” (Set the Night on Fire)”
― Malcolm X

“Malcolm spent much of May speaking to large crowds at church meetings and Sunday rallies, repeatedly emphasizing that the Muslims were not at war with the police, but rather that the police were at war with the Black community as a whole.”
― Mike Davis, John Wiener

“I was jealous, of course, partly that by avoiding the academic race beat, Genie had sidestepped the daily trauma of the historical record, the sometimes brutality and sometimes banality of anti-Blackness, the loop of history that was always a noose if you looked at it long enough.”
― Danielle Evans, The Office of Historical Corrections

“An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.

An African American Studies class that is not inherently revolutionary in 2016 is irrelevant.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker

“Recent sociological findings indicate that while "whites have largely abandoned principled racism... they have not necessarily given up negative racial stereotypes" or "negative sentiments and beliefs about African Americans.”
― John Hoberman, Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism

“For more than a half century, the Right has waged a relentless campaign against the goals and achievements of the Sixties’ movements for racial, social and economic equality. From Reagan to Trump, there has been an endless hammering away at caricatures of dopey hippies, traitorous peace protestors, bra-burning feminists, dangerous Black radicals, and commissars of political correctness.”
― Mike Davis, John Wiener

“He didn’t proselytize at the get-togethers,” Otis recalled. “His talks with us dealt with standing together, respecting our traditions, defending our communities, treating our women with love and care, being responsible toward our children and not taking abuse from the racists in our society.” (On Malcolm X)”
― Mike Davis, John Wiener