quotes about Afros
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My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.
-- Donald Byrd -
We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.
-- Fidel Castro -
The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
-- Ida B. WellsSource : Ida B. Wells-Barnett (2009). “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.21, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.
-- Ida B. WellsSource : Ida B. Wells-Barnett (2014). “On Lynchings”, p.3, Courier Corporation
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I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.
-- Jon Secada -
I used to have an afro like Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro. It was bleached blond from the sun. I was tall and awkward. I was not cool.
-- Liam Hemsworth -
For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant.
-- Nathan HugginsSource : Nathan Irvin Huggins (1995). “Revelations: American History, American Myths”, Oxford University Press, USA
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I had the afro when I was in high school. I had the flattop during a short period in the early '90s. And I've had different variations of dreadlocks. I'll admit to those!
-- Tim Meadows -
I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about everything. So I tried to incorporate that into my playing, although the original school where I came from was Afro-Cuban music. But I liked all kinds of music -- I tried to bring that into everything.
-- Don Alias -
The final test of Afro-American studies will be the extent to which they rid the minds of whites and blacks alike of false learning, and the extent to which they promote for blacks and whites alike a completely rewarding participation in American life.
-- Jay Saunders Redding -
Yes, but the thing is my influences are so rooted in afro-American culture especially that it's quite sad to not enjoy the same success because the influences are so strong from there.
-- Mick Hucknall -