42 Black History Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Aug 16, 2025

A selection of black history quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

11 You men enlisted in this regiment on the understanding that you would be paid the regular Army wage of $13 a month. This morning I have been notified that since you are a coloured regiment you will be paid $10 a month.

Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in Glory (1989)

12 I am surprised at how well you handle them. See, I am from Kentucky originally and we owned a few ourselves, so it comes naturally to me.

Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw in Glory (1989)

13 All right, men. I respect your right to petition. But I do question and I will fight any petition that denies any American the right to earn his living in the game that is supposed to represent the democratic principles of sportsmanship and fair play!

Minor Watson as Branch Rickey in The Jackie Robinson Story

14 I'm against the war in Vietnam. I've said on occasions in the press, I don't think black people should go to Vietnam and fight Asian, yellow people who've never lynched us, raped us, called us niggers, deprived us of freedom, justice, equality...

Muhammad Ali in The Greatest (1977)

15 I'm not fooled because I've had a chance open to very few Negro Americans, but I do know that democracy works for those who are willing to fight for it, and I'm sure it's worth defending.

Jackie Robinson as Himself in The Jackie Robinson Story

16 When black folks lived in slavery, who was it set the darkie free? -Abraham. -That's right, child. Abraham.

Bing Crosby as Jim Hardy in Holiday Inn (1942)

17 Cheap slave labor. That's what the south wants to fight for.

Claire Trevor as Mary McCloud in Dark Command (1940)

18 Baseball's done all right for years without colored in it. I say let's keep it that way.

Quote from Destination Freedom

19 It was from the narrow streets of once fabulous New Orleans, where jazz was born.

Quote from Destination Freedom

20 Yeah, jazz is going north to Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago, and from there... everywhere.

Quote from Destination Freedom

42 Black History Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

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