INSPIRATIONAL BLM QUOTES

“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

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Mandela

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” – Desmond Tutu

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” – William Faulkner

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

“If you are not consciously anti-racist, then you are part of the problem.” – Angela Davis

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” – Elie Wiesel

“The only way to deal with this injustice is to actively seek justice.” – Tamika Mallory

“We must create change, not just hashtags and protests.” – Brittany Packnett Cunningham

“Racism is not a black problem. It’s a problem for the entire society to solve.” – Jackie Huggins QUOTES ABOUT GIVING YOUR HEART TO SOMEONE

“If you’re going to be anti-racist, you have to be anti-racist everywhere.” – Ibram X. Kendi

“The struggle for justice doesn’t end with one victory; it keeps going until everyone is free.” – Alicia Garza

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

“Continue to embrace the things that make you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” – Janelle Monáe

“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.” – Rosa Parks

“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” – Angela Davis

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” – Assata Shakur

“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we don’t lead single-issue lives.” – Audre Lorde

“It starts with the recognition that we have the power to do better and be better, right now, in this moment.” – Brittany Packnett Cunningham

“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu

“We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou