What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for we've recognized that we're a race on this continent that can work out its own salvation. — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
At times we feel wounded, hurt, disappointed, disgusted, resentful, sick of it all. At other times we feel skeptical, outraged, robbed, beaten. We chafe,… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve. — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying. — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
