Negro Quotes

376 Negro quotes by 164 unique authors

We must never lose sight of the fact that we must take part in the development, not only of ourselves but of all humanity... I… — Jewel
Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest of Negro Fraternities, with all of its members presumably far above the average American and having a good practical understanding… — Jewel
To have built up a new organization, which was not purely political, among Negroes in America was a wonderful feat, for the Negro politician does… — Marcus Garvey
Among some of the organized methods used to control the world is the thing known and called PROPAGANDA. Propaganda has done more to defeat the… — Marcus Garvey
Billions of dollars have been lost to the Negro race within the last fifty years through disloyalty on the part of successful Negroes, who have… — Marcus Garvey
Why should not Africa give to the world its Black Rockefeller, Rothschild and Henry Ford? Now is the opportunity. Now is the chance for every… — Marcus Garvey
Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him Cannot hold the priesthood ... I will say it now in the name… — Brigham Young
If the Negro is not careful he will drink in all the poison of modern civilization and die from the effects of it. — Marcus Garvey
At no time within the last five-hundred years can one point to a single instance of the Negro as a race of haters. — Marcus Garvey
I am not opposed to the white race as charged by my enemies. I have no time to hate any one. All my time is… — Marcus Garvey
All peoples are struggling to blast a way through the industrial monopoly of races and nations, but the Negro as a whole has failed to… — Marcus Garvey
In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic… — Carter G. Woodson
Negro producers, Negro distributors, Negro consumers! The world of Negroes can be self contained. We desire earnestly to deal with the rest of the world,… — Marcus Garvey
I can only tell you that when long soul-searching and a combination of circumstances delivered me of my last prejudices, there was an exalted sense… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood — Brigham Young
I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I feel that the time is always right to do what is right. Where progress for the Negro in America is concerned, there is a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Segregation, as even the segregationists know in their hearts, is morally wrong and sinful. If it weren't, the white South would not be haunted as… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
White Americans must be made to understand the basic motives underlying Negro demonstrations. Many pent-up resentments and latent frustrations are boiling inside the Negro, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let the Negro march. Let him make pilgrimages to city hall. Let him go on freedom rides. And above all, make an effort to understand… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together, they could exert… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends up creating many… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The day the army of Virginia allows a negro regiment to enter their lines as soldiers they will be degraded, ruined, and disgraced. — Robert Toombs

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