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
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
Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
Many of us in Nashville accepted nonviolence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“So on June 16, 1970, history was made in Newark. Ken Gibson became the first black mayor of a major Northeastern city.” — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around. — Bessie Smith Copy Share Image
“The greatest act of revolution for any black woman is to put pen to paper with purpose.” — Stalina Goodwin Copy Share Image
This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between… — Lynn Swann Copy Share Image
There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
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 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
My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make… — Nikki Giovanni 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 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
“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
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
