In Their Words

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”
Maya Angelou

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
Coretta Scott King

“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

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”
Wilma Rudolph

“Freedom is never given; it is won.”
A. Philip Randolph

“Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.”
Ola Joseph

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
Ida B. Wells-Barnett

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nelson Mandela

“Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle. We must take hold of it and forge the future with the past.”
Malcolm X

“Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man persuade you against your will, let no other race influence you against your own.”
Marcus Garvey

“The moral arc of the universe bends toward justice.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

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