Ten Powerful Quotes by Steve Biko
Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa, between the mid-1960s and his death in police detention in 1977. Biko was the...
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Juan Martin de Porres: The First Black Saint of the Americas
“Compassion, my dear Brothers, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. Hampton was known...
Ralph Gardner-Chavis: Chemist and Scientist on the atomic bomb
Ralph Gardner-Chavis, who was a pioneer in plastic chemistry, owns the distinction of being one of the scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan...
Lewis Hayden: Heroic Abolitionist
Lewis Hayden was an African-American leader who escaped with his family from the Maafa (slavery) in Kentucky to Boston, where he became an abolitionist and...
Ten Profound Quotes by Richard Pryor
“I urge you to ask yourself just how honorable it is to preside over the abuse and suffering of animals.” “When you ain’t got no...
Jerry Lawson: Inventor of the video game cartridge
“The whole reason I did games was because people said, ‘You can’t do it.’ I’m one of the guys, if you tell me I can’t...
Gordon Parks: Renaissance Man
He was born stillborn — no heartbeat, declared dead by the family doctor, and put aside for later burial. Another doctor in the delivery room...
Shirley Chisholm: Pioneering African American Politician
Shirley Chisholm was a pioneering African-American politician, who became the first Black woman to serve in the United States Congress. Chisholm was also the first...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Shirley Chisholm
“Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.” “In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent...