Black History Quotes
The best sayings about Black History that you can share on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and other social networks!
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Our goal was not freedom. Freedom was the necessary prerequisite to get to equality.
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
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I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
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No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.
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I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.
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I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
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It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
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The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
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I have a dream, and a plan, to combine the commercial possibilities of Valentine's Day with the substance and meaning of black history month. I call it: Blackentine's Day.
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The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.
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Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
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Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back
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When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.
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Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
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If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.
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I pay homage and respect to Bobby Womack [for Black History Month] knowing that he passed last year... Him being one of those artists that I have really sampled so much and just been so inspired by... You know, he is the original ‘soul man.’
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Black history isn’t a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.
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My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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All business is personal...Make your friends before you need them.
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I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. It gets in the way of Black History Month. Cupid didn't free any slaves.
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We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.
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Black History Month should be celebrated everyday. It's a month that's kind of sad to me, because I am reminded of the struggles that people before us had to go through for us to be able to live comfortably today.
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