“The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.” WorldSometimesPastDiesFallStarsBlackShadowTalesFlashEgyptBlack HistoryHere And ThereBrightnessEthiopiaSphinx Book:The Souls of Black Folk Source: The Souls of Black Folk
“We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.” MenSeemsBlackSimpleDollarsDesertReverenceSoleBlack HistoryOasisSmartnessSimple Faith Book:The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois Source: The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois
“Is a civilization naturally backward because it is different? Outside of cannibalism, which can be matched in this country, at least, by lynching, there is no vice and no degradation in native African customs which can begin to touch the horrors thrust upon them by white masters. Drunkenness, terrible diseases, immorality, all these things have been gifts of European civilization.” Has BeensDifferentCountryBlackWhiteMastersTerribleCivilizationHorrorDiseaseVicesNativeCustomsBlack HistoryThrustDegradationDrunkennessImmoralityMatchedLynchingCannibalism Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“Black history isn’t a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.” PeopleNeedsKidsValuesBlackViewsImpactBlack PeopleAmerican HistoryBlack History Author:Karyn Parsons
“For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or enjoying south-of-the-border cuisine on Cinco de Mayo. It means talking to and spending time with kids not like them so that they may discover those kids are in fact just like them.” NeedsMayMeanChildrenRealFactsKidsNamesEnjoyBlackTalkingMonthsDiversitySouthSpendingSuspectsUsualBeing RealBlack HistoryCuisineSpending TimeBlack History MonthCinco De Mayo Author:John Ridley
“I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.” BookProcessBlackCenturyBlack HistoryInventor19th CenturyOverview Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar