Have a vision of excellence, a dream of success, and work like hell. – Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, advice to all black youth, c.1967
Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. – William Lloyd Garrison
One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings. – Franklin Thomas
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. – William Faulkner
Racial superiority is a mere pigment of the imagination. – Author Unknown
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. – Arthur Ashe
I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King,Jr.
We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit. – Martin Luther King,Jr.
Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. – Martin Luther King,Jr.
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. – Rosa Parks
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. – Oprah Winfrey
The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness. – W.E.B. DuBois
We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. – W.E.B. DuBois
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. – W.E.B. DuBois
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. – Toni Morrison
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – Abraham Lincoln
You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights. – William Lloyd Garrison
I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government. – Cissy Farenthold
Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. – Desmond Tutu
