Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
“We are the leaders we’ve been looking for.” ~~ Eddie S. Glaude Jr.,Author and Academic
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Zora Neale Hurston
“No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.”~~ Zora Neale Hurston,Author & Anthropologist
James Baldwin
“Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.”~~ James Baldwin,Writer
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
bell hooks
“Sometimes people try to destroy you precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they see it and don’t want it to exist.”~~ bell hooks,Author & Activist
Ida B. Wells
“One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.”~~ Ida B. Wells,Journalist, Sociologist, and 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
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
James Baldwin
“The truth which frees black people will also free white people, but this is a truth which white people find very difficult to swallow.”~~ James Baldwin,Writer
Maya Angelou
“The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.”~~ Maya Angelou,Author, Poet, and Civil Rights Activist
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, the very birthright of humanity.”~~ Anna Julia Cooper,Author, Educator, Sociologist, Speaker, and Activist in “A Voice from the…
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