Life Quote by John Howard Griffin

“You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted…

— Harper Lee

“These white folk have newspapers, magazines, radios, spokesmen to get their ideas across. If they want to tell the world a lie, they can…

— Ralph Ellison

“Even to-day the masses of the Negroes see all too clearly the anomalies of their position and the moral crookedness of yours. You may…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“Every white person in this country-and I do not care what he or she says-knows one thing. They may not know, as they put,…

— James Baldwin

“If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached…

— Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth…

— Harper Lee

“The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in…

— Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird

... as a result of generations of betrayal, it's nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what he does…

— Sarah Patton Boyle

“The newest truth about truth lies in the truth that human truths can lie, when they are parts-of-the-truth. Call them 'white-lies' or 'black-truths', they…

— Caesar J. B. Squitti

“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

“Since the white man's personality is greatly distorted by segregation, and his soul is greatly scarred, he needs the love of the Negro. The…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“The idea that the commodification and suffering and forced labor of African Americans is what made the United States powerful and rich is not…

— Edward E. Baptist