Black History Quotes

124 Black History quotes by 82 unique authors

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey
You must change in order to survive. — Pearl Bailey
I do consider myself part of black history. — Mary J. Blige
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. — Muhammad Ali
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the… — Ralph Abernathy
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. — Maya Angelou
Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just… — Maya Angelou
I have a dream, and a plan, to combine the commercial possibilities of Valentine's Day with the substance and meaning of black history month. I… — Mo Rocca
They oughtta change Black History Month to Black Progress Month and start measuring it. — Rush Limbaugh
This being Black History Month, I would like to ask people to celebrate the similarities and not focus on the differences between people of color… — Lynn Swann
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in… — Richard Allen
Whilst so much is being done in the world, to ameliorate the condition of mankind, and the spirit of Freedom is marching with rapid strides… — James Forten
The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you… — Jesse Jackson
I believe in nonviolence as a way of life, as a way of living. — John Lewis
No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin. — Whitney M. Young
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of hundreds of our… — Huey Newton
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. — Frederick Douglass
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered. — James Weldon Johnson
Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does. — Audre Lorde
What's shaking, chiefy baby? — Thurgood Marshall
American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. — Toni Morrison
If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find… — Jessye Norman
Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep the juices flowing… — Satchel Paige
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself. — Ethel Waters

Who Wrote These Black History Quotes

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