Bayard Rustin
“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.”~~ Bayard Rustin,Civil Rights Organizer & Activist
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Dorothy Height
“We must always be a strong presence, an unrelenting force working for equality and justice until the freedom gates are fully open.”~~ Dorothy Height,Civil Rights & Women’s Rights Activist
Martin Luther King Jr.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.,Baptist Minister & Civil Rights Icon
Booker T. Washington
“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.”~~ Booker T. Washington,Educator, Author, and Orator
Booker T. Washington
“If you want to lift yourself, lift up someone else.”~~ Booker T. Washington,Educator, Author, and Orator
Mary McLeod Bethune
“Any idea that keeps anybody is too small.”~~ Mary McLeod Bethune,Educator, Philanthropist, and Civil Rights Leader
Maya Angelou
“Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”~~ Maya Angelou,Author, Poet, and Civil Rights Activist
Harriet Tubman
“I prayed to God to make me strong and able to fight, and that’s what I’ve always prayed for ever since.”~~ Harriet Tubman,Abolitionist & Freedom Fighter
Muhammad Ali
“I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.”~~ Muhammad Ali,Boxer & Social Activist
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?” ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr.,Baptist Minister & Civil Rights Icon
Rosa Parks
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”~~ Rosa Parks,Civil Rights Icon
Phillis Wheatley
“In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.”~~ Phillis Wheatley,Poet
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