The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
In terms of school, we never got taught anything about black history. Growing up, a lot of things are hidden away from… — Andre Gray Copy Share Image
Happy Black History Month! Thank my ancestors for providing a firm foundation for me and my people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 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
Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
You know, when you've idolized something, you put it on a shelf, lift it up, and when King Day comes out, you… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
“If you stay on this path as long as I have, you’ll soon learn that the road to providence leads right through… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
“The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“It’s infuriating that yesterday, my father had to pull all my younger cousins into a room and tell them to be more… — Janelle Gray Copy Share Image
If it's wrong for 13-year-old inner-city girls to have babies without the benefit of marriage, it's wrong for rich celebrities, and we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
“Knocking on doors wasn't working. We had to try something else. Remember the kids whose natural curiosity brought them into our little… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
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
“Antiblack violencein Chicago was common since at least the 189-s, when blacks were brought in as strikebreakers. The violence grew with the… — Cameron McWhirter Copy Share Image
“To Malcolm X, thank you for teaching us the kind of self-love that can never be taken away, To Malcolm X, thank… — Dumisani Tafadzwa Mayele Copy Share Image
“Black people are not the descendants of kings. We are—and I say this with big pride—the progeny of slaves. If there’s any… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Our stories are timeless and tested. They are about us, a people of tremendous strength.Our songs are full of love and life—… — Deborah L. Parker Copy Share Image
I will always remember my delight when Mrs. Georgia Gilmore - an unlettered woman of unusual intelligence - told how an operator… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell. There's Heaven then there's Hell niggas One day your cruisin' in your seven,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. It gets in the way of Black History Month. Cupid didn't free any slaves. — Damien Lemon 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
Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other. — William Barr Copy Share Image
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. — Henry Louis Gates 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
Let the record show, Black history is American history, and I look forward to sharing this rich history with my family, friends,… — Jasmine Crockett 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 is to celebrate African & African American excellence, not African & African American ignorance — Anna 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
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
Black history is a series of missing chapters from British history. I'm trying to put those bits back in. — David Olusoga 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
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of… — James Weldon Johnson 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 could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself. — Ethel Waters Copy Share Image
“It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
