If our people are to fight their way up out of bondage we must arm them with the sword and the shield and the buckler of pride. Mary McLeod Bethune, (1875-1955), Barber-Scotia Class of 1894, College President, Women’s and Civil Rights Activist Continue reading
I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, Lincoln University ’29, Poet, Social Activist, Novelist Continue reading
You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There’s a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that’s just begun. James Weldon Johnson, Atlanta University 1894, Author, Diplomat & Poet Continue reading
Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you. You are made by the struggles you choose. Reverend C.T. Vivian, Minister, Author, Civil Rights Activist, Organizer Continue reading
If a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968) Pastor, Civil Rights Activist, Morehouse College ’48 Continue reading
I won’t rest until black children are taught to love themselves as themselves. Frances Cress Welsing Psychiatrist, Activist, Author Continue reading
God restores. Crystal A. deGregory, Historian, Storyteller, Executive Editor – HBCUstory Continue reading
Make a difference about something other than yourselves. Toni Morrison, Author, Professor, Nobel Laureate Continue reading
It is good to be the possessor of some mountaintop experience. Vernon Johns (1892-1965) Pastor, Civil Rights Activist Continue reading
For racism to die, a totally different America must be born. Stokley Carmichael (1941-1998), Civil Rights Activist, Chairman of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Continue reading
