“But what's braver?' Emmanuel said. 'Naming the bigots and possibly being killed for it? Or living in silence in order to protect yourself and those you love?' I think bravery had more to do with making the choice and less to do with the choice it self. In that situation, bravery was both living and dying.” BraveryCivil RightsBlack Lives MatterCivil Rights MovementLiving In FearFighting To Survive Book:Echoes of the Struggle Source: Echoes of the Struggle
“It’s infuriating that yesterday, my father had to pull all my younger cousins into a room and tell them to be more careful. He had to explain that in some cases, their brown skin convicts them before an offense is even committed.” Black HistoryRacism In AmericaRacial ProfilingRacism And Culture Book:Echoes of the Struggle Source: Echoes of the Struggle
“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 rest of the week in a society that deemed them less than human.” HumanityCivil RightsBlack HistoryCivil Rights MovementBlack ChurchBlack Churches Book:Echoes of the Struggle Source: Echoes of the Struggle
“I once listened to a woman describe a group of men marching toward her house with sticks lit afire, screaming things like 'git the nigger' and 'kill the nigger bitch.' Those tiki torches weren't about protest. They were about a statement. It said, 'We're still here because we never left.” HateRacism In AmericaKkk Author:Janelle Gray