Awe Quote by Opal Tometi

As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and…

— Angela Davis

It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing…

— Eugene Jarecki

Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to Shirley Chisholm…

— Opal Tometi

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

— John Legend

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation…

— Louis Farrakhan

“Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight…

— Patrisse Cullors

I think one of the great things that I have seen happen since the rise of the movement for black lives is the growth…

— Eugene Puryear

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

— June Jordan

“Shout out to all the Black writers who push the world forward by sharing the stories, lives, history, imaginations and magic of black culture.…

— Blitberry

It is crucial for the future of the Black liberation struggle that we remain ever mindful that ours is a shared struggle, that we…

— Bell Hooks

I sort of feel like that's the most revolutionary thing we can do with our narrative for me as Black people is to show…

— Viola Davis