John Lewis
“We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.”~~ John Lewis,Civil Rights Activist & Statesman
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Ella Baker
“Strong people don’t need strong leaders.”~~ Ella Baker,Civil Rights Activist
Alvin Ailey
“Dance is for everybody. I believe that dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.”~~ Alvin Ailey,Director, Choreographer, and 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.”~~ 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…
Martin Luther King Jr.
“God, Grant that this tragic midnight of man’s inhumanity to man will soon pass and the bright daybreak of freedom and brotherhood will come into being.” ~~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,Baptist Minister & Civil Rights Icon
Malcolm X
“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”~~ Malcolm X,Minister & Civil Rights Activist
Sojourner Truth
“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.”~~ Sojourner Truth,Abolitionist…
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
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
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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