“I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell. There's Heaven then there's Hell niggas One day your cruisin' in your seven,… — Jay-Z 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
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
Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vigorously against blacks. The aggressive… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“If you stay on this path as long as I have, you’ll soon learn that the road to providence leads right through… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all… — Booker T Washington Copy Share Image
When you decide that Black history is not a part of American history or when you decide that any book that talks… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
“The SNCC base of operation, at the corner of Jackson and High Streets, was in the heart of the black community in… — Junius Williams 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
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 Month could focus less on slavery and civil rights and more on the Harlem Renaissance and everything we have achieved.… — Marley Dias 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
“We learned how to envision a different neighborhood, fought for the resources to make it happen, and in March 1968, through the… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“It’s infuriating that yesterday, my father had to pull all my younger cousins into a room and tell them to be more… — Janelle Gray 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
When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now… — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
I mean it's always good to document your history. 'Cos for some strange reason black history has a tendency of getting lost.… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
