BEST QUOTES ABOUT BLACK AMERICAN

“Being black is not a matter of pigmentation – being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.” – Steven Biko

“I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature has somehow given them a lowdown dirty deal.” – Zora Neale Hurston

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. Du Bois

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“The black man’s skin is not a negative; it is a repository of scientific facts and cultural memory.” – Kwame Anthony Appiah

“Our culture and our history is not just their burden, it is also their blessing.” – John Lewis

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde

“I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” – Bell Hooks

“Racism isn’t born, folks, it’s taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.” – Denis Leary

“The African American experience demands that we learn our history, embrace our identity, and stand up for justice.” – Angela Rye

“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” – Malcolm X

“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.” – Muhammad Ali

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou INSPIRATIONAL EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION QUOTES

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary McLeod Bethune

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” – Shirley Chisholm

“The power of an image is undeniable, and a positive black image is a powerful tool.” – Spike Lee

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Orison Swett Marden

“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” – Carol Moseley Braun

“Our history is important. It shapes us and moves us forward. It reminds us of the progress we’ve made, and the work we still have left to do.” – Stacey Abrams

“Black is beautiful. Black culture, black art, black strength – it’s all beautiful and worthy of celebration.” – Ava DuVernay

“Do not bring Bigotry into our communities, for it will create divisions which are injurious to our aim.” – Marcus Garvey

“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C.J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge.” – Oprah Winfrey

“The struggle is not over. The struggle has just begun.” – John Lewis