14 Inspirational Quotes for Black History Month
- Author Noel Jameson
- Published February 26, 2007
- Word count 438
To help celebrate Black History Month, we've collected some powerful and inspirational quotes from prominent African Americans. Here are a few of my favorite inspirational quotes:
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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby
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"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such method is love." - Martin Luther King Jr.
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"I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free." - Muhammed Ali
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"Our nation is a rainbow-red, yellow, brown, black, and white-and we're all precious in God's sight." - Jesse Jackson
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"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself-the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us-that's where it's at." - Jesse Owens
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"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington
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"I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment." - Malcolm X
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"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history." - Morgan Freeman
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"We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice." - Carter Woodson
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"Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face." - Carol Moseley-Braun
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"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
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"Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy." - Gerda Lerner
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"Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else… Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings." - Colin Powell
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"The only justification for ever looking down on somebody is to pick them up." - Jesse Jackson
I hope you've enjoyed these inspirational quotes.
For more inspirational quotes, check out the popular inspirational quotes section of Famous-Quotes-And-Quotations.com, a website that specializes in 'Top 10' lists of quotations in dozens of categories.
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