Album: Black Quotes

Description: Black People were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then to define who we are. - Spike Lee

Description: “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” —Eldridge Cleaver

Description: “you wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” Toni Morrison

Description: Anti-black, anti-female, and all form of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism. Shirley Chisholm

Description: Fight Back - Huey Newton

Description: ”We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation’s greatness.”  —Yvette Clarke

Description: Change the things you can not accept, Black history, Civil Rights

Description: Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Description: "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." - Malcolm X

Description: “If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black.”

Description: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Description: Undervalue, Underestimate, Marginalize | Black History

Description: To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. - James Baldwin

Description: You are your best thing - Toni Morrison

Description: Nothing can dim the light that shines from within. Maya Angelou

Description: Our crowns have been bought and paid for... all we have to do is put them on our heads. James Baldwin

Description: In 1963, Malcolm X, a prominent African American leader and spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, intensified his critique of racial segregation and inequality in America. His speeches during this year, including the famous "Message to the Grassroots," advocated for racial pride, self-reliance, and human rights, emphasizing a more radical approach to civil rights activism.

Description: If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington

Description: Fear is the Driving Force of the Weak

Description: “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes

Description: Excellence is to do a common thing in and uncommon way

Description: Character not circumstances makes the man: Booker T Washington Quote

Description: You can catch these hands!

Description: “Don’t let anything stop you. There will be times when you’ll be disappointed, but you can’t stop.”  —Sadie T. M. Alexander

Description: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, Black History

Description: Character is Power: Booker T Washington Quote

Description: " I am an invisible man...simply because people refuse to see me." -Ralph Ellison

Description: "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Description: Fear is the Driving Force of the Weak

Description: You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is Wrong no matter who does it or who says it.

Description: Create a better world - Nelson Mandela

Description: “To be young, gifted, and Black—oh, what a lovely, precious dream.” – Nina Simone

Description: We may encounter many defeats, But we must not be defeated. Maya Angelou

Description: “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”  —Madam C.J. Walker

Description: Change happens whne the people demand it, Black History quote

Description: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, Black History, African American History, Civil Rights