“And you who sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness of spirit which comes from age, more black than the blindness of eye, making a darkness about you across which nothing may be seen, or felt, or known, or in any way apprehended.” KnowsWayMayEyeAgeSpiritDesireFeltBlackKnownDarknessMagicYouthBlindness Author:Lord Dunsany
“Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me.” SexFeltBlackRaceKnownJudgedBlack WomenHamper Author:Halle Berry
“I used to come out here every Fourth of July as a child to picnic and to swim on the island, to tour the fort and wander through it. And all of that time, I never knew anything about the presence of black soldiers on the island. And so, for me, this was a way of trying to tell another history, a lost or a forgotten or a little-known history about these black soldiers who played an important part in American history.” Trethewey said. Coincidentally, she was born “exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.” WayTryingYearsFirstsChildrenLittlesSaidImportantUsedLostBlackBornKnownForgottenSoldierWanderIslandsSwimFourthAmerican HistoryMemorialAprilJulyMemorial DayMississippiPicnicsFortsConfederate Author:Natasha Trethewey
“Black musicians rhythmicized the contredanse, creating musical styles which evolved into the habanera (also known as the tango) and, later, ragtime, as well as the danza, danzón, and ultimately the danzón mambo and its offspring the cha-cha-chá.” WellsBlackKnownStyleCreatingMusicianMusicalOffspringTangoRagtimeMusical Style Author:Ned Sublette
“Where weary folk toil, black with smoke, And hear but whistles scream, I went, all fresh from dawn and dew To carry them a dream. I went to bitter lanes and dark, Who once had known the sky, To carry them a dream-and found They had more dreams than I.” DreamFoundBlackDarkKnownSkyFolksBitterSmokeDawnBitternessScreamWearyToilDewLanes Author:Mary Carolyn Davies
“Gamaun is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of a noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within; His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light.” LightEyeNightFatherStrongBlackLinesKnownDarknessFirePrideFineRiversHorseBonesNobleNosesHis EyesPaceGlowingEmbersDainty Author:Bryan Procter
“[Black Hawk] has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against white men, who came year after year, to cheat them and take away their lands. You know the cause of our making war. It is known to all white men. They ought to be ashamed of it.” KnowsMenYearsWarCausesBlackWhiteKnownLandOughtIndianAshamedCheatWhite ManAmerican IndianHawksCountrymen Author:Black Hawk
“We always see the Holocaust in terms of black-and-white images, barking Germans, cowering Jews. We know very well-known fixed places like Auschwitz, Birkenau, Treblinka, and Beltzec. Instead, war can live in a couple having a spat, when we say, "That was a real war." We very rarely have the Holocaust live in the terms of today. And I think that's a problem, because it becomes ancient history.” ThinkingKnowsWellsWarRealProblemTodayBlackTermWhiteKnownCoupleAncientJewFixedHolocaustBlack And WhiteWell KnownAuschwitzSpatsAncient HistoryTreblinka Author:Yann Martel
“Black Mask is new money. He's rich. He's very, very powerful. He's made it. He's known for being brutal and sadistic. And particularly at this point in the Arkham franchise he has enormous resources. He is the number one gang leader in Gotham. And has easily the most power in the city.” MadeBlackPowerfulNumbersCitiesKnownLeaderRichResourcesEnormousMade ItMaskBrutalGangVery PowerfulSadisticGotham Author:Eric Holmes