Happy Black History Month! Despite setbacks and stereotypes, I'm proud of my roots and history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. It gets in the way of Black History Month. Cupid didn't free any slaves. — Damien Lemon 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
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
“Plus I have no doubt that their garden is also where my grandparents dreamed—for a better life of equality for their grandchildren… — Deborah L. Parker Copy Share Image
“Black seamen - or "Black Jacks" as African sailors were known - enjoyed a refreshing world of liberty and equality. Even if… — Tony Williams 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
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
“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
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
… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“A lot of elders complain that they do not know what is wrong with today's black generation. I beg to ask them… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“He broke me down past the flesh, past the muscle, past the bone, down to my soul and in a loud provocation,… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
That happens to a lot of couples. I understand the black history in this country, and regret it, I wish it hadn't… — Rush Limbaugh 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
Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back — Roy Wilkins Copy Share Image
“I love long regarded my country as a secret, as a land half-won, its story half-told. It was as if the past… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other. — William Barr Copy Share Image
“In Chicago and across the country, whites looking to achieve the American dream could rely on a legitimate credit system backed by… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“When the slaves finished, they had stripped the fields of their color. It was a magnificent operation, from seed to bale, but… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Black excellence is a thing. People - from Beyonce Knowles to Venus and Serena Williams to folks you haven't heard of -… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
The great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition. — Eugene Rivers Copy Share Image
