Guides Quote by Booker T. Washington

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

The same educational process which inspires and stimulates the oppressor with the thought that he is everything and has accomplished everything worth while, depresses…

— Carter G. Woodson

“To make his way, the Negro must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. He must gear himself to hard work all the way. He can…

— Anonymous

You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.

— William Christopher Handy

It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the…

— Anonymous

The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without…

— Anonymous

What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When the U.S. Government shows a proper appreciation of the services of the Negro who has never failed it in every crisis of its…

— Francis James Grimke

It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the…

— Andrew Carnegie

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they…

— James Weldon Johnson