“have you ever heard a black woman weep over her skinmurdered child. it is the splitting of atoms. it is billions of… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“The defeat that had frightened her in the faces of black men was the defeat of black forever defined by white.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Often dismayed by but generally unflinching in the face of perpetual adversity, he [W.E.B. Du Bois] engaged the battle for equal human… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“To be sure, I had, and have, spent the better part of my post-college life growing up in the public eye, with… — Kevin Powell Copy Share Image
“It's just too easy for a gay black man to drown amid the names of dead black gay men.” — Saeed Jones Copy Share Image
“you have not been placed on this earth to be the sole source of comfort for the black man's fragile ego. Page 221” — Deborrah Cooper Copy Share Image
“Emmanuel started learning the basics of his Blackness before he knew how to do long division: smiling when angry, whispering when he… — Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Copy Share Image
“Well, of course," Camilo said, and grinned back at JohnRolandJoseph and his long line of bought and paid for ancestors, as friendly… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“She's scared, he thought. She's scared deaf, dumb, and blind. She thinks I'm going to rape her. I'm due to rape her,… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“When we do not heal, we allow our worst moments to define and shape us. We lose our ability to see the… — Nijiama Smalls Copy Share Image
