Negro Quotes

376 Negro quotes by 164 unique authors

Negro leaders sought to negotiate with the city fathers. But the political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only the tango has continued to enjoy undiminished favor for more than twenty years in spite of polishing and refinement. To be sure, it is… — Curt Sachs
Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what… — Stephen A. Douglas
Negro equality, Fudge!! How long in the Government of a God great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue to be knaves… — Abraham Lincoln
But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted… — Gordon Parks
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great… — Martin Luther
Do you know what the Negro is? Animal right out of the jungle. Passion. Welfare. Easy life. That's the Negro. — Unknown Author
And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk. — Ray Stannard Baker
Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy — A. Philip Randolph
You do not preach and encourage hatred for the Negro and hope to restrict it to that field. It is an old, old story. It… — Ralph McGill
The Negro is the child of two cultures - Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all too many Negroes… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro',… — Unknown Author
They look for a victim to chivy, and howl him down, and finally lynch him in a sheer storm of sexual frenzy which they honestly… — Aleister Crowley
I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Why is it sports is the only thing white people see us being successful at? I don't want to play football," he said. "I wanna… — Sue Monk Kidd
I said, "If I was a Negro girl-" He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. "We can't think of changing… — Sue Monk Kidd
There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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