Affirmation Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

“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

Humans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves. Thus blacks asserted black pride and 'black is beautiful;' women declared 'I am…

— Warren Farrell

When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human…

— Steven Biko

“The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man,…

— James Baldwin

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a…

— William Wells Brown

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible…

— Warren G. Harding

“Inspire, celebrate, and empower our Black males. Support them in becoming confident, intelligent, strong, capable, and powerful Black men, teens, and boys. There’s GREAT…

— Stephanie Lahart

“My Blackness is just too much for some people to handle. I’m a confident, intelligent, beautiful, and powerful Black woman with greatness inside my…

— Stephanie Lahart

“I knew, and every black man there knew, that I, as a man now white once again, could say the things that needed saying…

— John Howard Griffin

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because…

— Kevin Eubanks

“No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal…

— Thomas Jefferson

“I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers…

— Audre Lorde