Top Black History Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of Black History quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Derek Walcott
The truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element.
- Derek Walcott
Collection: Black History
Image of Phillis Wheatley
The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.
- Phillis Wheatley
Collection: Black History
Image of Kerry James Marshall
One of the things I recognized early on, doing whatever studies of black history I have, is that even though black folks were transported as slaves, into servitude, when they were carried out of Africa they left empty-handed, but they didn't leave empty-headed. They carried with them the culture they knew, the culture they had, and that culture reconstituted itself in all the places they went.
- Kerry James Marshall
Collection: Black History
Image of Roy Wilkins
Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back
- Roy Wilkins
Collection: Black History
Image of Robert Johnson
All business is personal...Make your friends before you need them.
- Robert Johnson
Collection: Black History
Image of Ethel Waters
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.
- Ethel Waters
Collection: Black History
Image of Sojourner Truth
We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.
- Sojourner Truth
Collection: Black History
Image of Alice Walker
I almost never do anything for Black History Month, because I feel it's just another way to separate us.
- Alice Walker
Collection: Black History
Image of Frederick Douglass
What is possible for me is possible for you.
- Frederick Douglass
Collection: Black History