“Back in the eighteenth century I would have been a sliver-collar boy. Did you ever hear about them? The highborn ladies of the court collected monkeys and peacocks and little blackamoors for pets. Slender young dark brown boys done up in silk with turbans wrapped around their heads and silver collars around their necks, and the name of the lady to whom they belonged was engraved on the silver collar. They were supposed to be pets like the peacocks and the monkeys, but in the old oil paintings, the lady's delicate white hand always fondled the silkclad shoulder of the silver-collar boy. So you knew they were something more useful, more serviceable--” MenRelationshipsBlacksInterracial RelationshipsAfrican American MenKept Men Book:The Narrows Source: The Narrows
“Inspire, celebrate, and empower our Black males. Support them in becoming confident, intelligent, strong, capable, and powerful Black men, teens, and boys. There’s GREAT power in Black male positivity!” QuotesQuoteAfrican AmericanStephanie LahartStephanie Lahart QuotesBlack MalesBlack MenBlack YouthBlack ManBlack Male EmpowermentBlack EmpowermentBlack QuotesAfrican American MenBlack BoysBlack Male PositivityBlack TeensCelebrate Black MalesInspire Black Males Author:Stephanie Lahart
“Dear Young Black Males… Our Future Black Kings: I’m 100% rooting for you, I wholeheartedly believe in you, I deeply care about you, I genuinely love you, and I honestly want to see you succeed in EVERY area of your life.” Stephanie LahartStephanie Lahart QuotesBlack ManBlack Male EmpowermentBlack Men QuotesAfrican American MenBlack BoysBlack Male Youth QuotesBlack KingsYoung Black Males Author:Stephanie Lahart
“Dear Young Black Males… I encourage you to upgrade your thinking! Read books, articles, quotes, and other materials that will enhance your thinking and mindset. Embrace literature that will help propel you to greatness! Read information that will educate, empower, inspire, and motivate you. If you don’t understand the definition of a word, look it up in a dictionary. Broaden your vocabulary by utilizing the thesaurus, too. Knowledge is power, so make sure that you fill your mind with things that make you more and more powerful every day!” Stephanie LahartStephanie Lahart QuotesBlack MenBlack YouthAt Risk YouthBlack Teen BoysBlack Male Empowerment QuotesAfrican American MenInspirational Black Male QuotesPositive Black Male Quotes Author:Stephanie Lahart
“There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America’s jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X’s} spirit that they became warriors and the powers that be understood them as warriors. They knew that a lot of these other middle-class [black] leaders were not warriors; they were professionals; they were careerists. But these warriors had callings, and they have paid an incalculable and immeasurable price in those cells.” LeadershipRacismAfrican AmericansPolitical PhilosophyWarriorsRacial DiscriminationBlack History MonthMass IncarcerationAfrican American HistoryPolitical PrisonersMartyrsFreedom FightersMalcolm XPrison ReformAfrican American MenConscientious ObjectionBlack Liberation MovementCareeristsBlack RevolutionariesBlack LeadershipBlack Middle ClassBlack ProphetsIndustrial Prison ComplexPolitical Advocacy Book:Black Prophetic Fire Source: Black Prophetic Fire
“Dear Young Black Males… Always remember to hold your head up high, and NEVER doubt who you are. Believe in yourself SO much that other people’s negative words, opinions, and energy won’t discourage or hinder you.” Stephanie LahartStephanie Lahart QuotesBlack Male EmpowermentBlack Men QuotesAfrican American MenBlack Male Youth QuotesBlack KingsInspirational Black Male QuotesYoung Black MalesBlack Male Inspiring Quotes Author:Stephanie Lahart