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I want to be sure that we continue to uplift and empower Black communities not just in February, but every day and every month, and that we commit ourselves to advancing true equality and opportunity for all Americans.

I am proud to co-lead the effort to recognize March 14 as Black Midwives Day.

While HBCUs may only represent 3% of the nation's colleges and universities, they produce 50% of black teachers and 80% of black judges and provide hundreds of thousands of students with a top-tier education.

I don't really care what anybody thinks about me, never have, but I know a lot of people that do. And for me being a black man in America, if it's wrong I'm gonna say it's wrong.

The only thing I know about being Asian is that my hair is black and my eyelashes are straight and I have strange eyebrows.

I love 'House of Cards,' I love 'Bloodline,' I love 'Orange is the New Black,' so I had written on my refrigerator that I was looking for 'groundbreaking television on Netflix.'

People always say, 'Oh, there haven't been many black champions,' but on the other hand, there are a whole lot of white people that never won a belt either.

Hollywood has had a very limited way of telling stories about black people.

That is the thing that brought the Black community through so many of the hardships that we've faced historically. It's the ability to love and laugh and experience joy still in so many ways.

I'm trying to be what I want to see more of: Black women onscreen.

Bobby Darin was one of the first to take black musicians on the road with his band, and there were places that didn't want him to play, and he stood up to it.

I preach Christ, whether people want to hear that or not. I preach it in the spirit of love, you know, not in a spirit of hate, for whoever wants to listen - black, white, Jew or Gentile. They are all my brothers, you know? They are all my sisters.

There's nothing as a Christian black man that I fear that the average white male wouldn't.

I was raised a black child in the South, where you're indoctrinated into a religion that an oppressor gave you.

I'm a black man who grew up in America. I'm a father of four children. They don't all have the same mother. I own a business.

I've made it no secret that one of my idols is Vanessa L. Williams, the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America. She is a friend, mentor, and inspiration not only for me, but for millions of women around the world.

I made history being crowned the second black woman to win Miss U.S.A. and I was fifth place in The Miss Universe pageant.

This is what I wanted the business to be when I started it: a lot of black, a lot of luxurious materials, and modern styling.

I've come to realize nobody needs what we sell. There's hardly a woman who needs another pair of black shoes.

Even Toni Morrison claiming Bill Clinton as 'black' could not prepare us for the election of America's first undeniably black president, Barack Obama.

I wanted to do something heroic if I was going to be on TV. And the first thing that appeals to me once I have decided I don't want to be the bad guy is to find things that are not black and white.