Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
“We are the leaders we’ve been looking for.” ~~ Eddie S. Glaude Jr.,Author and Academic
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Kimberlé Crenshaw
“The battle for our memory is the battle for our country. And for America to matter, Black lives must matter.” ~~ Kimberlé Crenshaw,Attorney and Civic Rights Advocate
Sheila Johnson
“Once you’ve explored all your options, you have to know when to let it go.”~~ Sheila Johnson,Former Music Teacher & Serial Entrepreneur
Zora Neale Hurston
“No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.”~~ Zora Neale Hurston,Author & Anthropologist
Anna Julia Cooper
“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class—it is the cause of humankind.”~~ Anna Julia Cooper,Author, Scholar, and Activist
W.E.B. Du Bois
“We should measure the prosperity of a nation not by the number of millionaires, but by the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the efficiency of the public schools, and the number of people who can and do read worthwhile books.”~~ W.E.B. Du…
W.E.B. Du Bois
“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”~~ W.E.B. Du Bois,Sociologist & Civil Rights Activist
Henry Louis Gates
“The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.” ~~ Henry Louis Gates,Author, Educator, and Filmmaker
Cornel West
“You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the people if you don’t serve the people.”~~ Cornel West,Philosopher, Theologian, Academic, and Political Activist
Cornel West
“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”~~ Cornel West,Philosopher, Theologian, Academic, and Political Activist
Michael Eric Dyson
“Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth–even if they decide to help the less fortunate–while others are short-changed, then even acts of kindness end up supporting unjust arrangements. We must never ignore…
Michael Eric Dyson
“We are not all the same; we don’t think alike; and we have the right to openly express those differences in ways that, hopefully, will contribute to our community’s welfare.”~~ Michael Eric Dyson,Educator, Author, and Minister
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