Home / Authors / Alexander Crummell

Alexander Crummell Quotes

Author

Alexander Crummell (March 3, 1819 - September 10, 1898) was a prominent black educator, theologian, and writer, dedicated to the cause of education and liberation for African Americans in the United States.

Filter quotes by topic

All Flower Men People Spring Strive World Abiding Ability Absorption Ancestor Bases Built Civilization Civilized Clamor Closing Color Conception Conditions Culture

Famous Alexander Crummell Quotes

“All real success springs from that inward might which we exert upon society.”

Real Might Success Spring Inward Real Success

Book:Civilization and Black Progress: Selected Writings of Alexander Crummell on the South

Source: Civilization and Black Progress: Selected Writings of Alexander Crummell on the South

“The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation, of a rare, in large majestic and abiding things which lifts them up to the skies.”

People Nations Ability Sky Greatness Spring Lifts Conception Abiding Majestic Absorption

Author:Alexander Crummell

About the Author

Born: March 3, 1819
Died: September 10, 1898
Known for: Author
Quotes: 12

Books & Sources

Civilization and Black Progress: Selected Writings of Alexander Crummell on the SouthRelated source material

The relations and duties of free colored men in America to Africa: A letter to Charles B. Dunbar ...Related source material

Africa and AmericaRelated source material

Similar Authors

James Pierrepont GreavesBrowse related quotes
James Buckham KennedyBrowse related quotes
Thomas Walker ArnoldBrowse related quotes
Robert C. MurphyBrowse related quotes
Maria KonopnickaBrowse related quotes
B. M. BowerBrowse related quotes
Magdalena de PazziBrowse related quotes
Edward Augustus BowlesBrowse related quotes
Yumi TamuraBrowse related quotes
Carissa MooreBrowse related quotes