American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ...… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Black History Month gives us a time to remember the enormous contribution African-Americans have made as they overcame adversity and achieved greater… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Black History Month celebrates the ability to achieve the 'unachievable' and exemplifies that anything is possible with faith, fortitude, and fearlessness. — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Black History Month is an annual opportunity to recognize the central role of African Americans in our state's economic, cultural, social and… — John Bel Edwards Copy Share Image
Black culture is pop culture, Black History Month is every month, and that's something they want us to forget. What better way… — Goldlink Copy Share Image
I grew up watching people and companies commercialize Black History Month. I watched old McDonald's commercials, and they'd blacken up the commercials… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or… — Carter G Woodson Copy Share Image
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I… — Ida B. Wells Copy Share Image
During Black History Month, I'm reminded yet again of the ways that the struggle for civil rights is interwoven with the struggle… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
