The depiction of Black history in British schools and on TV has mainly been trauma and struggle-based. — Judi Love Copy Share Image
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. — Yvette Clarke Copy Share Image
I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go… — Daymond John Copy Share Image
America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards.… — Ralph Abernathy Copy Share Image
A woman needs someone she can trust, someone who laughs when she laughs, but who has different ideas so she can learn… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I say there should not be a BET channel or a Black History Month, I'm saying we deserve more. I just… — Stacey Dash Copy Share Image
“By the middle to the end of the 1970s, Black Power as we envisioned was a dream deferred. And I was no… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
I have a dream, and a plan, to combine the commercial possibilities of Valentine's Day with the substance and meaning of black… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
“Come close, be my buddy, then after a while call me nigga - it won't affect our friendship one bit. But out… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Anyone can look to someone like Ruby Bridges and be inspired. We wanted to emphasize that this really is all of our… — Big E Copy Share Image
“The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, better known as the American Colonization Society was a group… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
“I once two beautiful children playing together. One was a fair white child; the other was her slave, and also her sister.… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
One reads the truer deeper facts of Reconstruction with a great despair. It is at once so simple and human, and yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“THE NEXT DAY WAS RAIN-SOAKED and smelled of thick sweet caramel, warm coconut and ginger. A nearby bakery fanned its daily offerings.… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“Let us by all means teach black history, African history, women's history, Hispanic history, Asian history. But let us teach them as… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
“You have probably seen the order from Washington which cuts down the pay for colored troops from $13 to $10. Of course… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people… — Crystal Robinson Copy Share Image
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
What's so interesting is taking kind of all these horror tropes and really finding black history and American history to layer on… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
Happy black history month to all my African Americans thanks to all the African American men and women who lead us so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We intend to make this world the most beautiful, glorious planet that any human being can imagine and, really, beyond anything any… — Hafsat Abiola Copy Share Image
Every year, Black History Month presents an opportunity to honor the legacy, contributions, and rich history of Black Americans and how they… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That's the image television… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you don’t choose greatness, it chooses you. And when it does, it requires a certain level of understandin', courage and a… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Valentine's Day and Black History Month are sad reminders of how lonely and white I am. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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
Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years. — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. We will find out whether or not we get six more weeks of black history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I heard you in that courtroom today. I've even seen you here a couple times before. I know's you a stonecatcher, too.” — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
