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The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not. — Brian Kessler Copy Share Image
Our destinies are our own, if we have the courage to take control of them. — David Clement-Davies Copy Share Image
Having even a little bit of hope is the driving force that keeps us going when there is nothing else for us to hold… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As paradoxical as life would have it, some of these same persons who were beaten are terrorized by the Nazis are assisting the die-hards… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country is his… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it. — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
Let me appeal to the consciences of many silent, responsible citizens of the white community who know that a victory for democracy in Jackson… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
I remember one of them - it was a 1941 black Ford. As it went by very slow, a guy leaned out with a… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there. — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
The six of us gathered at my house, and we walked to the polls. I'll never forget it. Not a Negro was on the… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
“This popularity extended to Trump himself, who, according to private demographic research conducted at the time, was even more popular with African American and… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
It may be changing, but still it's the one place, that total control of an institution, that African Americans have. So sometimes, you know,… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
