African American Traditions Quotes

American music culture is black culture.

My own thinking has evolved. You find Africanisms in American speech. You find an African influence on United States culture. There are all kinds of Africanisms in America, as you would expect, if you really thought about it... That whole thing is much broader; the influence is much broader than I first understood.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

Among Negroes it is a bad omen when someone knocks on the door of a house where a person has died.

Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground... in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.

The Afro-American experience is the only real culture that America has. Basically, every American tries to walk, talk, dress and behave like African Americans.

As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages.

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

I grew up in a small town in coastal South Carolina. Where I'm from, the people are known as Gullah people. They're some of the first freed slaves that lived on their own, without being attached to the rest of the U.S.

The negroes are lovers of ludicrous actions, and hence all their ceremonies seem farcical.