So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa. Votes: 1
Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! Votes: 1
I don't want to be a race-transcending leader. I want to be deeply understood as a man, as African- American, as a Christian, all that I am. Votes: 1
I'd already decided I wanted to design shoes after I saw a sign in the Museum of African and Oceanic Art forbidding high heels. Well, who could resist? Votes: 1
Lovie Smith and I are not only the first two African-Americans but Christian coaches showing that you can win doing it the Lord's way and we're more proud of that. Votes: 1
The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house. Votes: 1
Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church. Votes: 1
The first Western attempt to save Africa from itself was in the late 19th century. It was led by Christian missionaries who claimed to be seeking to end poverty, disease and the slave trade. Votes: 1
First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I realized the Christian right was so opposed to it, as well as tyrannical governments in Africa and Russia, I thought, 'It must be a good thing to fight for.' Votes: 1
Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House. Votes: 1
I'm a member of the African diaspora: my parents left the Caribbean and came to London for a better life. Votes: 4 Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Busyness kills more Christians than bullets. Votes: 4 Kevin DeYoung