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| W.E.B. Dubois | If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. | Delete |
| W.E.B. Dubois | The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged th | Delete |
| W.E.B. Dubois | To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. | Delete |
| W.E.B. Dubois | We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. | Delete |
| Walter Dean Myers | Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? Where are black children going to get a sense of who they are and what they can be? … I’m told that black children, and boys in particular, don’t read. Small wonder. There is work to be done. | Delete |
| West African Proverb | The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people | Delete |
| Zora Neal Hurston | Pride...if you haven't got it, you can't show it. If you have got it, you can't hide it | Delete |
| Zora Neal Hurston | Belief in magic is older than writing | Delete |
| Zora Neale Hurston | If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it | Delete |