Battle Quote by James Weldon Johnson

Once he [Negro] realizes that [he is at war ], then he can defend himself.

— Malcolm X

Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that…

— Ella Baker

“It was the lot of the Fifity-fourth to bear the brunt of the struggle against the bitter injustice of inferior pay to which black…

— Luis Fenollosa Emilio

NO NEUTRALS IN HEAVEN. There were no neutrals in the war in heaven. All took sides either with Christ or with Satan. Every man…

— Joseph Fielding Smith

“Black Americans were hardly losing any moral or cultural battles. They were being violently and nonviolently defeated in political and economic battles, as Du…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“To make his way, the Negro must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. He must gear himself to hard work all the way. He can…

— Anonymous

“It was a tragic and annihilating war, in which intellect fought naked with intellect, and the blows fell not upon the mind but upon…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“The opposition to Negro education in the South was at first bitter, and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood; for the South believed…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

The Negro was taught to speak the white man's tongue, worship the white God, and accept the white man as his superior.

— Malcolm X

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on…

— Nannie Helen Burroughs

“The belief that the Civil War wasn’t for us was the result of the country’s long search for a narrative that could reconcile white…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troops,' a flailing Confederacy began…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates