Black History Month

It is my hope

It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans. Eliot Engel

You\\’re either part of

You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem. Eldridge Cleaver

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom. Frederick Douglass

You have seen how

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. Frederick Douglass

There is no negro

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution Frederick Douglass

One day our descendants

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 A. Thomas

I don’t celebrate Valentine’s

I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. It gets in the way of Black History Month. Cupid didn’t free any slaves. Damien Lemon

Black History Month is

Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people that we celebrate everyday like it is Black History month by living our lives and aspiring to be all we can. Many people lost their lives for us to have the privileges we … Read more

Black people have always

Black people have always been America’s wilderness in search of a promised land. Cornel West

Hate is too great

Hate is too great a burden to bear. Coretta Scott King