Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes from “The Mis-Education of the Negro”
The following quotes are adapted from The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson, widely recognised as the Father of Black History. I have...
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The Healing Quotes of Sobonfu Some
Ever since, I read Sobonfu Some’s book, “The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings in the Ways of Relationship” (whereby many of the quotes below come...
Ten Revolutionary Quotes by Eldridge Cleaver
1. “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” 2. I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and...
Ten Memorable Quotes by Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks, often honored as “The First Lady of Civil Rights” and “The Mother of the Freedom Movement,” occupies a central place in the history of American social justice....
Ten Thought-Provoking Quotes by W.E.B. Du Bois
“But what of black women?… I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a...
Quotes from Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? by Haki R. Madhubuti
In 1990, Dr Haki R. Madhubuti begins his book, Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?, with the statement, “The pain is in the eyes. Young Black...
Quotes from The Isis Papers by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing was a third-generation physician specializing in general and child psychiatry. Her book, The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors, was...
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...
Ten Humorous and Powerful Quotes by Dick Gregory
I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that. (About Ebola): The Africans are angry. They know this...
Quotes from “Dreams From My Father” by President Obama
“To be Black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.”...