Accounts Quote by Huey Newton

In terms of school, we never got taught anything about black history. Growing up, a lot of things are hidden away from you.

— Andre Gray

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Black history is American history.

— Morgan Freeman

While not always pretty or comfortable to discuss, Black history shines a light on the everlasting resilience of patriots in the Black community who…

— Byron Donalds

History is a story like any other, but black history is a story so devoid of logic that it frustrates the young reader. The…

— Rumaan Alam

Blacks in America want to forget about slavery - the stigma, the shame. If you can't be who you are, who can you be?…

— August Wilson

The thing that has made the so-called Negro in America fail, more than any other thing, is your, my, lack of knowledge concerning history.…

— Malcolm X

It's down to schools to educate children about their history, especially black history.

— Ashley Walters

Pleas for white acceptance of black humanity have a long and terrible history in America, stretching back to the first slave narratives.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history.

— Ed Dwight

Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.

— Colson Whitehead

Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other.

— William Barr