1091. Let us not sell our birthright for a thousand worlds, which indeed
would be as dust upon the balance. Phillis Wheatley, 1753;-1784 Poet | |
1092. We must recapture our heritage and our ideals if we are to liberate
ourselves from the bonds of white supremacy. We must launch a cultural
revolution to unbrainwash an entire people. Malcolm X, 1925-1965 Nationalist leader |
1093. What has suddenly happened is that the white race has lost its heroes.
Worse, its heroes have been revealed as villains and its greatest heroes as
arch-villains. Eldridge Cleaver, 1935-1998 Black Panther Party leader | |
1094. One day the South will recognize its real heroes. Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968 Civil rights activist and Nobel laureate |
1095. If you want Negro history you will have to get it from somebody who
wore the shoe, and by and by, one to the other, you will get a book. Anonymous Former slave |
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