Nation of islam Quote by Manning Marable

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?

— Walter Dean Myers

The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we…

— Bobby Seale

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

“Many black and poor people, moreover, had become politicized by the civil rights movement and had begun to develop higher expectations from life. Some…

— James T. Patterson

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams

“Blacks must learn that true freedom from poverty is available only through hard work and perseverance, not through affirmative action programs, protesting, or blind…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

To have built up a new organization, which was not purely political, among Negroes in America was a wonderful feat, for the Negro politician…

— Marcus Garvey

The Washington black community was able to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. I mean, we had our own newspapers, our own restaurants, our own…

— Ed Smith

Blacks had survived every form of human debasement with ingenuity, self-reliance, a deep and ironic humor, a capacity for self-reinvention and a heroic fortitude.…

— Shelby Steele

“The lack of moral character is the number one problem in the black community today”

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

— Randall Kennedy

When the world's moving towards being the most inclusive it's ever been, it's unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair…

— Troy Deeney