Quotes by Black History In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it. Alex Haley black-history alex writing If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for. Alice Walker black-history earth art I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us. Alice Walker black-history black In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival. Andrew Young black-history achievement change Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. Arthur Ashe black-history african-american racism Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does. Audre Lorde black-history hatred doe There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt. Audre Lorde black-history way ideas Let us not become the evil that we deplore. Barbara Lee black-history evil No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around. Bessie Smith black-history women done You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation. Billie Holiday black-history white hair In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. Booker T. Washington kwanzaa black-history hands You go to school, you study about the Germans and the French, but not about your own race. I hope the time will come when you study black history too. Booker T. Washington black-history race school The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace. Chinua Achebe black-history giving moving Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade Chris Rock black-history want years Prejudice doesn't make me mad. It just - I guess 'pisses me off' is the word. Chuck Berry black-history mad black Never before has the seductive market way of life held such sway in nearly every sphere of American life. This marketing way of life promotes addictions to stimulation and obsessions with comfort and convenience ... centered primarily around bodily pleasures and status rankings. ... The common denominator is a rugged and ragged individualism and rapacious hedonism in quest of a perennial "high" in body and mind. Cornel West black-history seductive addiction 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 have so we need to honor them by striving to be the best we can be. Crystal Robinson black-history everyday people 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 valentine way When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something. Daymond John black-history workforce choices The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element. Derek Walcott black-history elements language 12345»