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Black history is American history.

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.

Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.

When we're talking about slavery... we're really talking about the web of relationships that exists between whites and blacks from 1619 to 1865 to now.

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

I can speak of slavery only so far as it came under my own observation - only so far as I have known and experienced it in my own person.

It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century.

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.