Quotes about Black history

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How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord’s bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his dest — Jay Grewal, A Slave to Want
A woman without no options is waitin for a man to come by an ruin her. — Angela Flournoy, The Turner House
If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black. — Abhijit Naskar, We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism
A conquering force sustained the old folks and now centers us. Forming a collective of comeback saints, let us rally beh — Deborah L. Parker, For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success
Our stories are timeless and tested. They are about us, a people of tremendous strength.Our songs are full of love and l — Deborah L. Parker, For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success
[whiteness] has no real meaning divorced from the machinery of criminal power. The new people were something else before — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Be perfectly okay with being who YOU are. Fully embrace yourself, flaws and all. Love your — Stephanie Lahart
I'm here to tell niggas it ain't all swell.There's Heaven then there's Hell niggasOne day your cruisin' in your seven,Ne — Jay-Z, Decoded
Eastward and westward storms are breaking,--great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood and cruelty. I will not believe t — W.E.B. Du Bois, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
Plus I have no doubt that their garden is also where my grandparents dreamed—for a better life of equality for their gra — Deborah L. Parker, Tools to Cultivate the Promised Land: Working Wisdom from My Grandparents' Garden
He broke me down past the flesh, past the muscle, past the bone, down to my soul and in a loud provocation, he asked, “W — Jay Grewal, A Slave to Want
If you stay on this path as long as I have, you’ll soon learn that the road to providence leads right through perdition. — Jay Grewal, A Slave to Want
Historical exclusivity often has a way of turning into present and institutionalized tragedy. Whose story gets told matt — Aurin Squire
We believe in equality for all, and privileges for none. This is a belief that each American regardless of background ha — Barbara Jordan, We Rise: Speeches by Inspirational Black Women
Vagrancy laws and other laws defining activities such as "mischief" and "insulting gestures" as crimes were enforced vig — Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Thoughtful white people know they are inferior to black people. Anyone who has studied the genetic phase of biology know — Malcolm X
A man who tosses worms in the river isn’t 't necessarily a friend of the fish. All the fish who take him for a friend, w — Malcolm X
No, there is plenty wrong with Negroes. They have no society. They’re robots, automatons. No minds of their own. I hate — Malcolm X
As Jim Lawrence, a black labor activist at a GM plant in Dayton, Ohio, describes it, during the 1960s 'the union gave fo — David T. Hardy, Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man
The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we — Tim Wise