Future Quote by Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I think when a society has such a profoundly dark and awful evil such as slavery in its history, then it leaves scars that…

— Ani DiFranco

“Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains—whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains. You must…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

This is what I hold against slavery. May come a time when I forgive - cause I don't think I'm set up to forget…

— Sherley Anne Williams

Slavery is the nagging, unrelenting shame of America that continues to deny the true promise of the country to too many its citizens. If…

— John Hickenlooper

We must never forget the atrocities of slavery as we continue to work towards equality.

— Al N. Green

Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.

— Bill T. Jones

It is our collective duty to confront the past, recognize the legacy of slavery, and pay homage to those who suffered from slavery, the…

— Al N. Green

Slavery is something that affects all of us. It's all of our history.

— John Ridley

The more we hold on to our hurts, anger and bitterness, the more we become slaves to unforgiveness.

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has not yet…

— Anohni

The more we talk about the past, the less we heal from it.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them…

— William H. Seward