“The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?” IdeasValuesBlackBornTaughtExcellenceSegregation Author:Walter Dean Myers
“In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation.” SchoolBlackEconomicTaughtInjusticeTheologyInterpretationJustifiedSegregationStarvation Book:The Mis-Education of the Negro Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro
“The white population could not possibly be unaffected by those events - some whites more stubborn in their defense of segregation, but others beginning to think in different ways. And the black population was transformed, having risen up in mass action for the first time, feeling its power, knowing now that if the old order could be shaken it could be toppled.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentFeelingsActionOrderBlackWhiteKnowingEventsMassFirst TimePopulationDefenseDifferent WaysTransformedStubbornSegregationRisen Author:Howard Zinn
“I think it's a bit of a myth that black Americans need one leader. We're not a monolith. And now that legal segregation and discrimination has been pretty much abolished there isn't the sort of universal mandate that a black leader would have. Black folks live in a wide variety of social situations right now.” ThinkingNeedsHas BeensSocialBitsBlackSituationLeaderRight NowUniversalFolksWideMythDiscriminationVarietySegregationMandates Author:John Legend
“In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime, drugs and unemployment, I can't think of a supposedly Black issue that hasn't wasted the original Black target group and then spread like measles to outlying white experience.” PeopleThinkingI CanStatesProblemAmericaBlackWhiteIssuesRightsGroupsCrimeDrugEqualOriginalsSlaverySpreadTargetUnemploymentSegregationEqual RightsDissentSuppressionMeasles Book:On call: political essays Source: On call: political essays
“In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.” KnowsChildrenBlackRelationStampsSegregationRace RelationsI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Book:The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou Source: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
“The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation.” PeopleStillsBlackInterestingClassMiddleMiddle ClassBlack PeopleSegregationInteresting ThingsGeorgiaAtlanta Author:Richard Benjamin