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
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
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 is to celebrate African & African American excellence, not African & African American ignorance — Anna 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
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
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
Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor 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
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 felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I… — Ida B. Wells 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
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 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 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 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
Phillip Roth uses his Black women characters to make anti intellectual remarks about Black history month, begun by a man who reached… — Ishmael Reed 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
“Sociologically, politically, psychologically, spiritually, it was never enough for James Baldwin to categorize himself as one thing or the other: not just… — Aberjhani 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
“There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America’s jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X’s} spirit that they became… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
To be honest, I think Black History Month, it's become much bigger than it used to be because a lot of people… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
“The argument is that Black History Month dwells too much on the downside of white America's relationship to its brothers of African… — Matt Taibbi 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
“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African.… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself. — Aberjhani 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
Black History Month is a poignant time for the entire country, but particularly the African American community. — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month everyone. I challenge you blacks to change how other races view us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
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