“All blood runs red.” — Phrase painted on the side of the plane flown by Eugene Bullard in World War I the first black comba Copy Share Image
As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are. — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
The great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition. — Eugene Rivers Copy Share Image
You lucky its black history month or it would've been a lot worse. -Ronnie — The Players Club Copy Share Image
“Black History Month has been extended indefinitely by The Bronzeville Press.” — Harold Lee Rush Copy Share Image
“Slavery isn’t Black history,” I point out. “It’s everyone’s history.” A” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month! Thank my ancestors for providing a firm foundation for me and my people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue… — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
In terms of school, we never got taught anything about black history. Growing up, a lot of things are hidden away from… — Andre Gray Copy Share Image
My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Knocking on doors wasn't working. We had to try something else. Remember the kids whose natural curiosity brought them into our little… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
If it's wrong for 13-year-old inner-city girls to have babies without the benefit of marriage, it's wrong for rich celebrities, and we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that.… — Karyn Parsons Copy Share Image
Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder… — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
During Black History Month, we not only should celebrate those who have made North Carolina a better place to live for everyone,… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
Black History Month should be celebrated everyday. It's a month that's kind of sad to me, because I am reminded of the… — Tamara James Copy Share Image
I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition… — William Silverman Copy Share Image
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
“I remembered how tough it was getting black people in large tenements to come together to build a playground. The enemy was… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“Too few of us from the Black Power generation and the movements to take power in cities through the election of black… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“Besides the moral courage required to accept commissions in the Fifty-fourth at the time it was organizing, physical courage was also necessary,… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Black History Month is dedicated to heroes that paved the way for Black people. It's a month that's very imperative because it… — Alana Beard Copy Share Image
