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
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
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
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
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
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
As we celebrate Black History Month, let us remember how far we've come as a nation and honor the lives of patriotic… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
“In 2001, the Associated Press published a three-part investigation into the theft of black-owned land stretching back to the antebellum period. The… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I love Black History Month and celebrating my ancestral roots, but not just my blackness, which is so beautiful. But my Tahitian… — Jordan Fisher Copy Share Image
“Until now (1960, date of the first edition), the history of Black Africa has always been written with dates as dry as… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
“A government offering such bounty to builders and lenders could have required compliance with a nondiscrimination policy. Instead, the FHA adopted a… — Charles Abrams Copy Share Image
I went to school in the 70s and the 80s, and the last thing I expected of my schools back then was… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
While not always pretty or comfortable to discuss, Black history shines a light on the everlasting resilience of patriots in the Black… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
“Black people are not the descendants of kings. We are—and I say this with big pride—the progeny of slaves. If there’s any… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Our stories are timeless and tested. They are about us, a people of tremendous strength.Our songs are full of love and life—… — Deborah L. Parker Copy Share Image
“American slavery was specifically racist slavery. It could not exist apart from racism, and could not be separated from it. Slavery was… — Joel McDurmon 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
There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
“I do not think the African, Caribbean, and Blacks have studied to any degree and depth and seriousness the rise of modern… — Anonymous 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
Black history is a series of missing chapters from British history. I'm trying to put those bits back in. — David Olusoga 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
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates 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
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself. — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult… — Phillis Wheatley Copy Share Image
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
It's down to schools to educate children about their history, especially black history. — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other. — William Barr Copy Share Image
