There's a lot of black history - my history - that I don't know about. — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“There is no black history month, the entire human race calendar is black.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias,… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep… — Phylicia Rashad 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
The Republican Party's history is rich and chock full of emancipation and black history. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
They oughtta change Black History Month to Black Progress Month and start measuring it. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing… — Neil deGrasse Tyson 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
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, - all men know something of poverty. Not that men… — Anonymous 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
“In 2001, the Associated Press published a three-part investigation into the theft of black-owned land stretching back to the antebellum period. The… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
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
“Come close, be my buddy, then after a while call me nigga - it won't affect our friendship one bit. But out… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Anyone can look to someone like Ruby Bridges and be inspired. We wanted to emphasize that this really is all of our… — Big E Copy Share Image
I have a dream, and a plan, to combine the commercial possibilities of Valentine's Day with the substance and meaning of black… — Mo Rocca Copy Share Image
Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Is a civilization naturally backward because it is different? Outside of cannibalism, which can be matched in this country, at least, by… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Black History is enjoying the life of our ancestors who paved the way for every African-American. No matter what color you are,… — Bernice Mosby Copy Share Image
One of the things I recognized early on, doing whatever studies of black history I have, is that even though black folks… — Kerry James Marshall 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
“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
“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
“Yes, my friends, your hunger for history is still pretty segregated. Your knowledge of America often ends at the color line. You… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
History is so deep, especially black history, so I have a lot to learn. — Harrison Barnes 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 great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition. — Eugene Rivers Copy Share Image
