"I know that I am a black man……" — Jackie Robinson
"I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made."
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Jackie Robinson
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29 Quotes by Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson has 29 quotes on this site.
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It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.
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Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind.
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I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That…
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Above anything else, I hate to lose.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion when the National Anthem was…
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Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star……
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I don’t think it matters what I believe, only what I do.
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I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because…
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This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
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I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces
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There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.
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My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing…
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the…
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It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this…
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
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Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.
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The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power…
— James A. Baldwin
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They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were…
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