Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us. — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
“I had never run a campaign, but I was an organizer. My job was to create momentum by mobilizing the constituency we… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“Later that year, the Voting Rights Act opened the door for thousands to register for the first time.” — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
“You know what Black means? BLACK means Brave, BLACK means Leaderly, BLACK means Adventurous, BLACK means Considerate, BLACK means Kind.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around. — Bessie Smith 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
“The greatest act of revolution for any black woman is to put pen to paper with purpose.” — Stalina Goodwin Copy Share Image
'Smart, Funny and Black' is about celebrating, critiquing and learning about black culture, black history, and the black experience. — Amanda Seales 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
A woman needs someone she can trust, someone who laughs when she laughs, but who has different ideas so she can learn… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards.… — Ralph Abernathy Copy Share Image
Go to work! Go to work in the morn of a new creation... until you have... reached the height of self-progress, and… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You… — Oprah Winfrey 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
Every February, we reflect on and honor the achievements, struggles, and icons that comprise Black history. As a proud, Black man running… — Jaime Harrison 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
Black History Month is dedicated to heroes that paved the way for Black people. It's a month that's very imperative because it… — Alana Beard Copy Share Image
My grandmother's grandparents were slaves. My grandmother Big Mama would tell me about the stories she heard as a child growing up… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
“American slavery was specifically racist slavery. It could not exist apart from racism, and could not be separated from it. Slavery was… — Joel McDurmon Copy Share Image
“Let us by all means teach black history, African history, women's history, Hispanic history, Asian history. But let us teach them as… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
“I do not think the African, Caribbean, and Blacks have studied to any degree and depth and seriousness the rise of modern… — Anonymous 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 have probably seen the order from Washington which cuts down the pay for colored troops from $13 to $10. Of course… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
“Canceled checks will be to future historians and cultural anthropologists what the Dead Sea Scrolls and hieroglyphics are to us.” — Brent Staples Copy Share Image
… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element… — Derek Walcott 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
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month! Despite setbacks and stereotypes, I'm proud of my roots and history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“$1,200, That was the price of a man in those days. Now you can call him black, or you can call him… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
This Black History Month, celebrate and remember diverse leaders of the past, present and future! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“North Lawndale's Jewish People's Institute actively encouraged blacks to move into the neighborhood, seeking to make it a 'pilot community for interracial… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“So on June 16, 1970, history was made in Newark. Ken Gibson became the first black mayor of a major Northeastern city.” — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Many of us in Nashville accepted nonviolence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long. — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue… — Marty Meehan Copy Share Image
