Black history quotes
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King Jr.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Jr.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama
Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. – Oprah Winfrey
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King Jr.
I have learned over the years that when ones mind is made up, this diminishes fear. – Rosa Parks
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. – Martin Luther King Jr.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you. – Malcolm X
We are not makers of history. We are made by history. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ – Martin Luther King Jr.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. – Martin Luther King Jr.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. – Martin Luther King Jr.
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King Jr.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. – Nelson Mandela
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
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for opportunities to come. Get up and make them. – Madam C.J. Walker
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. – Thurgood Marshall
I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger. – Serena Williams
We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. – Rosa Parks
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou
If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down. – Toni Morrison
Your life is limited, but your impact is not. Make your impact count. – Michelle Obama
I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. – Morgan Freeman
Racism is not getting worse, it’s getting filmed. – Will Smith
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King Jr.
The color of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. – Benjamin Banneker
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. – Harriet Tubman
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. – Dorothy Height
The only way to deal with this giant of racism is to confront it, expose it, and act against it. – Malcolm X
We must create the conditions where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. – Shirley Chisholm
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. – Langston Hughes
Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning. – Nelson Mandela
The future does not belong to those who are content with today. – Barack Obama
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. – Audre Lorde
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. – Maya Angelou
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama
If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. – Shirley Chisholm
Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. – Oprah Winfrey