“We had our own civilization in Africa before we were captured and carried off to this land. We smelted iron, danced, made music and folk poems; we sculpted, worked in glass, spun cotton and wool, wove baskets and cloth. We invented a medium of exchange, mined silver and gold, made pottery and cutlery, we fashioned tools and utensils of brass, bronze, ivory, quartz, and granite. We had our own literature, our own systems of law, religion, medicine, science, and education.” MadeLawLiteratureJusticeLandCivilizationDiversityToolsGoldSocial JusticeMedicineFolksGlassesMediumsSilverIronCapturedBasketsCottonIvoryBrassSpunBronzePotteryWoolGraniteUtensilsQuartzCutlery Author:Richard Wright
“What could I dream of that had the barest possibility of coming true? I could think of nothing. And, slowly, it was upon exactly that nothingness that my mind began to dwell, that constant sense of wanting without having, of being hated without reason.” ThinkingMindReasonDreamJusticePossibilityDiversitySocial JusticeConstantHatedNothingnessBeing Hated Book:American Hunger Source: American Hunger
“Each day when you see us black folk upon the dusty land of your farm or upon the hard pavement of your city streets, you usually take it for granted and think you know us, but our history is far stranger than you suspect, and we are not what we seem.” ThinkingKnowsHardSeemsBlackJusticeCitiesStreetsLandDiversitySocial JusticeFolksStrangerGrantedEach DaySuspectsFarmsPavementCity Streets Author:Richard Wright
