“I maintain that I have been a Negro three times--a Negro baby, a Negro girl and a Negro woman. Still, if you have received no clear cut impression of what the Negro in America is like, then you are in the same place with me. There is no The Negro here. Our lives are so diversified, internal attitudes so varied, appearances and capabilities so different, that there is no possible classification so catholic that it will cover us all, except My people! My people!” PeopleIfsHas BeensStillsDifferentAmericaGirlThreeAttitudeClearOur LivesCuttingBabyCatholicAppearanceImpressionAfrican AmericanInternalsCapabilityThree TimesClassification Author:Zora Neale Hurston
“One of the great things about African-Americans is that we've always had this attitude: We make do with what we got. It comes from our ancestors being slaves.” AttitudeSlaveGreat ThingsAfrican AmericanAncestor Author:Spike Lee
“People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsWholeKidsCultureInterestingAttitudeKnowingPositionParticularPrideComfortableEmbraceAfrican AmericanItalianComing OutAsianLatinoAsian AmericanBeing IrishItalian American Author:Barack Obama
“For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.” PoliticalVoiceAttitudeIdentityFindingsJazzMilesAfrican AmericanColtrane Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Colonization was the idea that once slavery ended African-Americans should be encouraged - or required, in some people's view - required to leave the country. It's part of an attitude toward the abolition of slavery which says America should not be a slave society, but it can never be a multiracial society. You can never have free black and white people living together.” PeopleShouldIdeasCountryTogetherAmericaBlackWhiteViewsAttitudeSlaverySlaveAfrican AmericanBlack And WhiteAbolitionMultiracialColonizationBe A SlaveBe EncouragedLiving TogetherAbolition Of Slavery Author:Eric Foner
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” LifeInspirationalEndsMatterMotivationalTodayPeaceChangeInspiringSilenceAttitudeOur LivesSocietyGreatnessKingsElectionSilentCivil RightsThis LifeAfrican AmericanMinistersIndifferenceChanging The WorldMaking A DifferenceVotingActivistVotersApathyDayPositive LifeMaking ChangesBlack HistoryComplacencyInsperationalCivil Rights MovementMatter Of FactTaking ActionBaptistsLove HateLives Of OthersCivil SocietyLove And HateAnimal WelfareEnd Of LifeThings That MatterPeace And JusticeAdvocacyI Had A DreamGreat NationsElection DayHuman TraffickingTraffickingHate SpeechBystandersPioneeringLive Life To Its FullestSilence Is GoldenI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechSilencingCivil Right MovementDarfurElections And VotingAfrican American Civil RightsInspirational VotingLight Of My LifeGreatest LifeCivil Rights LeadersAction And ChangeWise LifeInfinite HopeOther People's Actions Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” MenLifeHappinessSuccessLosesAttitudeSocietyDangerousCreationAfrican AmericanDangerous ThingsNothing To LoseDangerous Man Author:James A. Baldwin