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“Excellence is the name of the game.”

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Judith Jamison is a renowned American ballet dancer, born on May 10, 1943. She was the principal dancer of the New York City Ballet during the 1970s to 1990s, known for her exceptional dance skills and artistic expression. more

“A woman needs someone she can trust, someone who laughs when she laughs, but who has different ideas so she can learn from and teach to them. She needs someone who will stand up with her and encourage her to be a woman-not just a female. See where you are, admit what you know, and what you need, and search for a sister friend.”

Knows Needs Ideas Different Black Teach Laughing Female Where You Are Black History Different Ideas Sister Friend

Author:Maya Angelou

“All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you do something spectacular and irreversible whenever you find yourself in or whenever you impose yourself upon a wholly unfamiliar situation belonging to somebody else. Frequently it's your soul or your honor or your manhood, or democracy itself, at stake.”

Source: Civil Wars

“I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.”

Knows I Can Dream History Bears Fruit Seeds African American American History Walkers Living The Dream Sojourners

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.”

“If you want to get an idea across, wrap it up in a person.”

Ifs Want Persons Ideas Black Wraps Black History

Author:Ralph Bunche

“It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed-this, despite the gospel.”

Has Beens Christian Strong Sides Black Powerful Movement Weak Weight Despite Denied Oppressed Black History

Book:A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life

Source: A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life

“The great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition.”

Black Poor Competition Great Things Serving Black History

Author:Eugene Rivers

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