Quote of the Day: Marcus Garvey on Politics…

The political readjustment of the world means that those who are not sufficiently able, not sufficiently prepared, will be at the mercy of the organized classes for another one or two hundred years.
Marcus Garvey
Source: African American Quotes

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Quote of The Day: Carol Moseley Braun on Stereotypes..

I’ve always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.
Carol Moseley Braun
Source: African American Quotes

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Quote of the Day: Fannie Lou Hamer on Freedom…

Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.
Fannie Lou Hamer
Source: African American Quotes

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Quote of The Day: Fredrick Douglass on Education…

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
Frederick Douglass

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Quote of The Day: Nina Simone on Economics

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.
Nina Simone

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Quote of the Day:Richard Wright on Assimilation

Negroes, as they enter our culture, are going to inherit the problems we have, but with a difference. They are outsiders and they are going to know that they have these problems. They are going to be self-conscious; they are going to be gifted with a double vision, for, being Negroes, they are going to [...]

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Quote of the Day: Benjamin Banneker on Racism

The color of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
Benjamin Banneker

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Quote of the Day: Marian Wright Edelman on Faith

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.
Marian Wright Edelman
Source: African American Quotes

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Quote of the Day: Oprah Winfrey on Blessings

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey
Source: African-American Quotes

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Quote of The Day: Barbara Jordan on the Law

My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
Barbara Jordan

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