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
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
Today marks the first day of black history month. Do a little research. Remember your ancestors and the greats who are the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month everyone. I challenge you blacks to change how other races view us. — Anonymous 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
If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
“Eastward and westward storms are breaking,--great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood and cruelty. I will not believe them inevitable.” — W.E.B. Du Bois 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
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“I look around. You'd have to be out of your fucking mind to write, as Marcus did, that Black History Month is… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Through grit and determination, the legendary Muhammad Ali made a lasting impact fighting for humanitarian rights and racial justice and I can… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
I pay homage and respect to Bobby Womack [for Black History Month] knowing that he passed last year... Him being one of… — Big K.R.I.T Copy Share Image
We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or… — Carter G Woodson Copy Share Image
I grew up watching people and companies commercialize Black History Month. I watched old McDonald's commercials, and they'd blacken up the commercials… — Jermaine Fowler Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging that my skin was, in fact, Cocoa as it is, would have destroyed their narrative about who I really was. Therefore… — Mitta Xinindlu 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
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
Celebrate and remember diverse leaders of the past, present, and future not just in February, but all year. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Black History Month celebrates the ability to achieve the 'unachievable' and exemplifies that anything is possible with faith, fortitude, and fearlessness. — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Black History Month is to celebrate African & African American excellence, not African & African American ignorance — Anna Copy Share Image
Black History Month is an annual opportunity to recognize the central role of African Americans in our state's economic, cultural, social and… — John Bel Edwards 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
Black culture is pop culture, Black History Month is every month, and that's something they want us to forget. What better way… — Goldlink 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
You lucky its black history month or it would've been a lot worse. -Ronnie — The Players Club Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Use Black History month as an opportunity to tell your family history as far back as you can go. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This black history month, learn about the people you don't know a lot about. Go deeper than 'I have a dream.' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month. Everyone should try and learn about at least one African American daily...not just Martin Luther or Malcolm X. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Black History Month is a poignant time for the entire country, but particularly the African American community. — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
I performed in high school for Black History Month at a talent show, but besides that I didn't have the resources to… — Saweetie Copy Share Image