Black History Quotes

تكون مصدر إلهام مع هذه الأقوال كبيرة من القادة السود الشهير.

These brave black leaders and their words of wisdom provide inspiration to us all.

Civil rights activist, sports heroes, musicians, actors and actresses have all shown the way to freedom and human dignity.

This slideshow of famous quotes for Black History Month will inspire us all year round to keep fighting to be treated equally and with respect.

The slideshow is interactive so that you can pause the slideshow to read a quote more carefully or go backwards or forwards through the slideshow using your fingers. Or you can let the slideshow progress quote by quote by itself.

Famous quotes by african-Americans include:

1) Maya Angelou

2) Alicia Garza, Co-Founder Black Lives Matter

3) President Barack Obama

4) Frederick Douglas

5) Patrisse Cullors

6) W. E. B. Du Bois

7) Harriet Tubman

8) Malcon X

9) Ralph Ellison

10) Betye Saar

11) Toni Morrison

12) August Wilson

13) Jesse Owens

14) Marian Wright Edelman

15) John Lewis

16) deray mckesson

17) Kara Walker

18) Langston Hughes

19) Denzel Washington

20) Alice Walker

21) Lorna Simpson

22) Aretha Franklin

23) Antwone Fisher

24) Jimi Hendrix

25) Rosa Parks

26) Thurgood Marshall

27) Faith Ringgold

28) Miles Davis

29) Opal Tometi

30) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Credits & Sources of Photos (All photos are either public domain or sourced under the Creative Common license. Sources of the photos are documented in the app itself.)