“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
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The Price of Hating
“The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – Eldridge Cleaver, American writer, political activist, early leader of the Black Panther Party
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
When is it Time to do What is Right?
“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Pastor, Civil Rights Activist
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
Our Beliefs About Ourselves
“Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.” —Susan L. Taylor, journalist
We All Have Dreams
“We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” —Jesse Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete
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