If people believe that they are marrying out of love and free choice rather than out of duty, they are more likely… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
Prejudice doesn't make me mad. It just - I guess 'pisses me off' is the word. — Chuck Berry 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
“Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall… — Abhijit Naskar 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
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 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 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
As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say . . . as… — August Wilson 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
The depiction of Black history in British schools and on TV has mainly been trauma and struggle-based. — Judi Love Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“While recruiting, Lieutenant Grace was often insulted by such remarks as, "There goes the captain of the Negro Company! He thinks the… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ...… — Mary McLeod Bethune 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
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
“[Clyde Ross] was stationed in California. He found that he could go into stores without being bothered. He could walk the streets… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Black History Month has been extended indefinitely by The Bronzeville Press.” — Harold Lee Rush Copy Share Image
Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that.… — Karyn Parsons 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 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
“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
