John Carlos Quotes

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.

Our leader will not be a white man with a Black heart, nor a Black man with a white heart, but a Black man with a Black heart.

Black power means Black dignity

We want Black power.

Black Power is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.

Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.

I'm black, and it's a very important part of what I am. I'm not embarrassed about it.

Tupac has always been somebody who represented a higher consciousness of what it means on both sides of the coin to be black in America. He and Prince were leaders who moved to the beat of their own drum, and I can only hope to follow in their footsteps.

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

I always said I'm not disappointed with Obama because I voted for him because he was black, and as long as he kept being black, I was a happy man.

I consider myself black.

I can't wait to see little white kids dressing up as Black Panther.

You're telling me Beyonce is a revolutionary? Thirty years ago, you had those guys who raised their fists at the Olympic games, and they paid 30 years of their lives because of that gesture. And you're telling me a superstar who put one fist in the air is a revolutionary? But that's the superficiality of this time.

When I was growing up, 'Ebony Magazine' was a must read in our household. In those pages I found our news, our stories, and my pride.

I identify as black.

Foreman had annihilated every single one of his opponents to that point, but here was Ali, going to Africa, selling himself as the 'real deal' black man.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

Where is the raised voice of black America? Why are we mute?

I think, something that you might be able to locate in the work that I'm creating today: the ability to look at a black America as something that not only can be mined in a very sort of cynical, cold way, but also embraced in a very personal, love-driven way; but also sort of critiqued.

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.