Quote by Maya Angelou
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

Other quotes by Maya Angelou

Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God. – Maya Angelou

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Children
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If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude. Dont complain. – Maya Angelou

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Change
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I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. – Maya Angelou

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Other Quotes from
Black History
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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. – Thurgood Marshall

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We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. – June Jordan

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You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation. – Billie Holiday

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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

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Black History

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Im trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully Ill moving toward the writing and directing thing soon. – Corey Haim

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I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death. – Dave Grohl

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