Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric:... →
P. J. O'Rourke
Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
I live in rural New Hampshire, and we are, frankly, short on people who are black, gay, Jewish, and Hispanic. In fact, we're short on people. My... →
Affirmative action makes employers think, 'Black woman nuclear physicist? Hah! Probably let her into Harvard 'cause they were looking for a... →
I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my novel 'Black... →
Joyce Carol Oates
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos.... →
Barack Obama
If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America... →
The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.
Michelle Obama
I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.
Olusegun Obasanjo