We care about justice." - Patrisse Khan-Cullors, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoirġ3. "We actually don't give a f**k about shiny, polished candidates. "What the people want is simple: they want an America as good as its promise." - Barbara Jordan, We Riseġ2. To see if we can actually live up to the meaning of our creed." - Barack Obama, A Promised Landġ1. To see if we can do what no other nation has ever done. "And so the world watches America-the only great power in history made up of people from every corner of the planet, comprising every race and faith and cultural practice-to see if our experiment in democracy can work.
"America loves the myth of a meritocracy more than anything else, because it lets us ignore the reality of the impact of bigotry." - Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminismġ0. Martin Luther King Jr., "The Other America" from The Radical Kingĩ.
"The fact is that justice is indivisible injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Dr. When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us." - Roxane Gay, Bad FeministĨ. We remain silent because silence is easier. We let other people fight their own battles. "All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small, we think, That's terrible, but we do nothing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking." - Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsħ. "You don't have to think about doing the right thing. "Truth does not change, only our awareness of it." - Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm XĦ. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole." - Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm Xĥ. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. "If we are truly a great nation, the truth cannot destroy us." - Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 ProjectĤ. "Justice may be slow and invisible, but it always renders its true verdict in the end." - Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroadģ. Martin Luther King Jr., "The Other America" from The Radical KingĢ. "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Dr. To celebrate Black Americans and their impact on America's history, culture, and promise, here are 175+ meaningful and uplifting quotes from Black writers, thought leaders, and trailblazers from the past and in the present:ġ. Whether writers, poets, entertainers, activists, political leaders, scientists, entrepreneurs, or some combination thereof, Black Americans have frequently offered exactly the right words when they were needed most. Through centuries of slavery, inequality, segregation, discrimination, and battles for rights and recognition into today, Black Americans have done the work to make their lives, and the lives of all Americans, better in both everyday and monumental ways. Despite trials and obstacles, Black Americans-even before the establishment was willing to call them American-continued to persevere, producing literature and art, forming communities around a shared existence and culture, and fighting for the freedoms of all people in the United States and abroad, even when such liberties were not fully available to them.
We also acknowledge the hardships and setbacks that come with being Black in the United States, from the founding of the colonies through 400 years of enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, civil rights activism, ongoing social justice movements, and more. Every February, we spotlight key figures of Black America from The Middle Passage in 1619 to the present day, celebrating their achievements and triumphs.
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