Album: Black Quotes

Description: Sky's the limit, Bessie Coleman

Description: Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm, 1972

Description: Make it happen! Madam C.J. Walker

Description: We gonna make it! Harriet Tubman

Description: You can catch these hands!

Description: I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. -Fannie Lou Hamer

Description: I'm only cynical when I hear BS

Description: If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. Shirley Chisholm

Description: "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." Angela Davis

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

Description: Truth Does Not Change, only our awareness of it. - Malcolm X

Description: Truth Does Not Change, only our awareness of it. - Malcolm X

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: "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." This quote underscores the importance of having principles, convictions, and a sense of purpose. It suggests that without a strong foundation of beliefs, individuals may be easily swayed or influenced by external forces. Malcolm X, a prominent civil rights leader, was known for his outspoken advocacy for Black empowerment and self-defense. This quote reflects his emphasis on the necessity of having a clear and unwavering stance in order to navigate the challenges and complexities of life.

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: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”  —Alice Walker

Description: “You are your best thing.”  —Toni Morrison

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

Description: “The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up.”  —Mae C. Jemison

Description: “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”  —Ida B. Wells

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: You've got to learn to leave the table when love's no longer being served, Nina Simone

Description: If you know where you come from there is really no limit to where you can go. James Baldwin

Description: I never lose, Black history

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

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

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

Description: If you are Neutral in situations of injustice, Black History, Civil Rights

Description: Stand for something, Black History, Civil Rights

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

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

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

Description: Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of Hard Work. Booker T. Washington

Description: Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of Hard Work. Booker T. Washington

Description: Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. Booker T. Washington