Best Black History Sayings

124 Black History quotes by 82 unique authors

You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when… — Booker T. Washington
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture… — Eliot Engel
I pay homage and respect to Bobby Womack [for Black History Month] knowing that he passed last year... Him being one of those artists that… — Big KRIT
Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
As I like to say to the people in Montgomery: "The tension in this city is not between white people and Negro people. The tension… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is such a thing as the freedom of exhaustion. Some people are so worn down by the yoke of oppression that they give up....… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I will always remember my delight when Mrs. Georgia Gilmore - an unlettered woman of unusual intelligence - told how an operator demanded that she… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
[W]e are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now that the Negro… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers… — W. E. B. Du Bois
We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Is a civilization naturally backward because it is different? Outside of cannibalism, which can be matched in this country, at least, by lynching, there is… — W. E. B. Du Bois
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Go to work! Go to work in the morn of a new creation... until you have... reached the height of self-progress, and from that pinnacle… — Marcus Garvey
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. — Morgan Freeman
There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past. — Ernest Gaines
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. — Henry Louis Gates
Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. — Bill Cosby
I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets. — Puff Daddy
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. — Ruby Dee
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. — Rita Dove
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help. — Alex Haley

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