Eden ahbez (1908–1995) American songwriter and recording artist
As quoted by Joe Romersa (c. 1992)
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“Crowned heads, wealth and privilege may well tremble should ever again the Black and Red unite!”
Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) German statesman, Chancellor of Germany
Frequently quoted in online leftist circles. Refers to the split of the First Internationale (between anarchists and socialists). The earliest mention is on page 95 of American radicalism, 1865-1901, essays and documents https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011722785?urlappend=%3Bseq=111 (1946) by Chester McArthur Destler, but as of now the German original could not be found. <br class="br">In German political parlance, "black" more often referred to Catholic interests than to anarchism; it is possible that if Bismarck did say this, it referred rather to a union between the Catholic Center and the Socialist "reds" against the German nationalist/Protestant "blues." <br class="br">Disputed
Naomi Klein (1970) Canadian author and activist
Source: No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies 1999, Chapter Five: "The Patriarchy Gets Funky"
Jamal Simmons (1971) American journalist
Simmons at the Canadian-American Business Council luncheon. 2008-11-13 http://eaves.ca/2008/11/14/quote-of-the-day
James H. Cone (1938–2018) American theologian
Source: A Black Theology of Liberation (1970), p. 70
“Standing to America, bringing home
black gold, black ivory, black seed.”
Robert Hayden (1913–1980) American writer and academic
Middle Passage (lines 15-16), from Collected Poems (1985)
“in black ink my love may still shine bright.”
William Shakespeare book Shakespeare's Sonnets
Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets
“Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.”
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) French diplomat
Noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, doux comme l'amour.
frequently misattributed to Talleyrand, no primary source exists, its not his style of speech, and he famously drank tea not coffee.
Misattributed
“Yeah, Uh-huh you know what it is,(black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow)”
Wiz Khalifa (1987) American rapper and actor
Black and Yellow, written by Wiz Khalifa, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen
Studio Albums, Rolling Papers (2011)
“All I want is blackness. Blackness and silence.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer