Belief Quote by Melissa Harris-Perry

“Over a century ago, prodded by the demands of four million men and women just emerging from slavery, Americans made their first attempt to…

— Eric Foner

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed…

— Susan B. Anthony

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

— Abraham Lincoln

The United States was founded on the triple sin of slavery, genocide, and land theft.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Modern day slavery is the great tragedy of our time and the U.S. cannot turn a blind eye to it on our soil or…

— Mark Meadows

It's not our land; it's not made for us. It's America. That's how it was designed. We came here as slaves. It wasn't designed…

— YG

“This land carries people from different countries, different cultures, even different tongues, who even warred amongst themselves, but they are united over on only…

— Max Connelly

“Socially, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, racially, sexually, demographically, even mythologically, World War II was the crucible that forged modern America. It was the transforming…

— Haynes Johnson

“Thanks to an ingenious constitution, their geographical isolation from potential rivals, and a magnificent endowment of natural resources, the Americans managed to build an…

— John Lewis Gaddis

America was founded on the backs of slaves.

— Bob Dylan

“The history of colonization, imperialism is a record of betrayal, of lies, and deceits. The demand for that which is real is a demand…

— Bell Hooks

What's unique about America is that the country itself was built upon oppression, it's in the very foundation.

— Jodie Turner-Smith