Agenda Quote by John Hope Franklin Download Open image “It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.” — John Hope Franklin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Agenda Black History Necessary Personal
We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but… — Carter G Woodson Copy Share Image
There's a lot of black history - my history - that I don't know about. — Alison Hammond Copy Share Image
Black history is part of American history, and it should be treated as such. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world, void of national bias, race, hate, and religious prejudice. There should be no indulgence in undue eulogy of the Negro. The case of the Negro is well taken care of when… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share
As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past. — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
There's no reason in the world why black [people] should not be regarded as an attribute that is not degrading but is positive. There's… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
I went to college on my way to be a lawyer. That's all I wanted to do was go back home and help my… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
The very essence of the life of the mind is the freedom to inquire, to examine, and to criticize. — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
“[The South's] obsession was to maintain a government, an economy, an arrangement of the sexes, a relationship of the races, and a social system… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation. — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
Realizing that they can't get their agenda across: against religious liberty, against a culture of life, they can't get those issues across through the… — Rod Parsley Copy Share Image
I didn't want to go marching down the street with camera crews. Oy. To get married? Really? It seems like you have an agenda… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of having an agenda. I do have an agenda. It's a positive agenda. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think in some ways we have allowed other people to set the agenda. Other people to define who we are. — Lee Scott Copy Share Image
The doughy-faced woman has been forced to sit on the sidelines of culture for too long, and it's now time for us to stand… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
The face of time is our agenda. our agenda is a task,task of time. to prepare is to task our agenda. preparing is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love the energy of an independent film set. No one is there for the money. Everyone is there 'cause they really want to… — Mamie Gummer Copy Share Image
Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been on the agenda for 35 years, and the political… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
I've said in the primary race repeatedly that a Labour Party that I lead would be a true red Labour Party, be very clear… — David Cunliffe Copy Share Image
My district really wanted me... to take a hard stance against a Donald Trump agenda. — Jimmy Gomez Copy Share Image
Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
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