Born a slave, Isabella Bomfree (or Baumfree) gained her freedom with the help of an abolitionist family. She later took the name Sojourner Truth and became a public speaker, itinerant preacher and advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century. I first learned about Sojourner Truth in school. Then asContinue reading “Sojourner Truth in Her Own Words”
Category Archives: African American History Month
Just U.S. History
“Won’t it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” —Maya Angelou Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/black_history
Believe in Yourself
“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does — that makes you a winner right there.” – Venus Williams, Olympic gold medalist in tennis
We Must Still Dare to Hope
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” – Michael Jackson, American Singer, SongwriterContinue reading “We Must Still Dare to Hope”
We are the Change
“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, First African American U.S. President
Knowing Where we Have Been
“For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.” – Dr. Maya Angelou, author and poet
The Power of Dreams
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” – Wilma Rudolph, U.S. track and field athlete
How Far Will You go in Life?
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver, American Botanist and Inventor
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