“ Back then, Black churches were a small piece of peace. Church was a world where, even with its imperfections, the offer of equality and common humanity was the sustenance needed to make it through the… Janelle Gray
“ What I wanted was for them to have a grand, sweeping narrative that they deserved, the kind of American history that belongs to the Wright Brothers and the astronauts, to Alexander Hamilton and Martin… Margot Lee Shetterly
“ I watched as people went to the memorial reading the names. I started at the first entry from 1954. I read each one quietly but out loud to myself, like I’d done with the names of those in the museum.… Janelle Gray
“ The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books. Cristina García
“ I'm not quite sure what freedom is, but i know damn well what it ain't. How have we gotten so silly, i wonder. Assata Shakur
“ I had not expected the gentle, tentative surge of gratitude I began to feel...for St. Paul's School, the spring, and the early morning. I needed the morning light and the warbling birds. I needed to f… Lorene Cary
“ Not one thought entered my head that did not seem disloyal. I was ashamed, seeing their pride close up, as if for the first time, at how little I had accomplished, how much I had failed to do at St. P… Lorene Cary
“ IF SOMEONE KEEPS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOINGTHEY WILL GET BETTER AT IT, BUT.... THEY STILL WON'T BE BETTER THEN YOU!KEEP PUSHING! Qwana Reynolds-Frasier
