blackprint project Quote of The Day: September 2014
Quote of the Day: September 30, 2014
"The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors."
Frederick Douglass
Quote of the Day: September 29, 2014
"Quick, sunrise, come! Sunrise out of Africa, quick, come!"
Langston Hughes
Quote of the Day: September 26, 2014
"If the white man gives you anything--just remember when he gets ready e will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves." Fannie Lou Hamer
Quote of the Day: September 25, 2014
"Nonviolence is fine as long as it works." Malcolm X
Quote of the Day: September 24, 2014
"Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties." Benjamin Banneker
Quote of the Day: September 23, 2014
"It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake." Frederick Douglass
Quote of the Day: September 22, 2014
"There is also the danger in our culture that because a person is called upon to give public statements and is acclaimed by the establishment, such a person gets to the point of believing that he is the movement." Ella Baker
Quote of the Day: September 19, 2014
"The Black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers--weak, empty fingers. The only time the Black fist has significance is when there's money inside. There's where the power lies." Jesse Owens
Quote of the Day: September 18, 204
"Truth is on the side of the oppressed." Malcolm X
Quote of the Day: September 17, 2014
"You're not obligated to win, you're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day." Marian Wright Edelman
Quote of the Day: September 16, 2014
"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem." Martin Luther King
Quote of the Day: September 15, 2014
"Our position was: if you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves." Huey Newton
Quote of the Day: September 12, 2014
"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass
Quote of the Day: September 11, 2014
"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness." Marcus Garvey
Quote of the Day: September 10, 2014
"We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed." Fred Hampton
Quote of the Day: September 9, 2014
"A little learning, indeed, is a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people." Frederick Douglass
Quote of the Day: September 8, 2014
"We are moving from one state of organization to another, and we shall continue until we have thoroughly lifted ourselves in the organization of government." Marcus Garvey