“Black love is black wealth”

— Nikki Giovanni

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American writer and academic 1943

Eden ahbez (1908–1995) American songwriter and recording artist

As quoted by Joe Romersa (c. 1992)
Shadowbox Studio

“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.
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."
Disputed

“Like so much of cool hunting, Hilfiger's marketing journey feeds off the alienation at the heart of America's race relations: selling white youth on their fetishization of black style, and black youth on their fetishization of white wealth.”

Naomi Klein (1970) Canadian author and activist

Source: No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies 1999, Chapter Five: "The Patriarchy Gets Funky"

“I think nobody really loves America more than black Americans, because black Americans loved America even when America didn’t love us back”

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

“Black theology cannot accept a view of God which does not represent God as being for oppressed blacks and thus against white oppressors. Living in a world of white oppressors, blacks have no time for a neutral God. The brutalities are too great and the pain too severe, and this means we must know where God is and what God is doing in the revolution. There is no use for a God who loves white oppressors the same as oppressed blacks. We have had too much of white love, the love that tells blacks to turn the other cheek and go the second mile. What we need is the divine love as expressed in black power, which is the power of blacks to destroy their oppressors, here and now, by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject God's love.”

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

“Black love is black wealth”

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