“I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.” KnowsMenWorldMightBlackBornRegretEqualLateIndependenceSlaveDoctrineDeclarationAlways BelieveI RegretDeclaration Of IndependenceBorn Free Author:Benjamin F. Wade
“Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free the slave? No; but they are now wasting away the black race by thousands.... Treat the slaves kindly and let them live, for Ham must be the servant of servants until the curse is removed. Can you destroy the decrees of the Almighty? You cannot. Yet our Christian brethren think that they are going to overthrow the sentence of the Almighty upon the seed of Ham. They cannot do that, though they may kill them by thousands and tens of thousands.” ThinkingMayChristianBlackRaceLordStruggleTreatsSlaveSentencesSeedsServantCurseCatholicismAlmightyBrethrenDecreeHamBlack Race Author:Brigham Young
“Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm, look for me all around you, for, with God's grace, I shall come and bring with me countless millions of black slaves who have died in America and the West Indies and the millions in Africa to aid you in the fight for Liberty, Freedom and Life.” LooksAmericaFightingBlackLibertyMillionsGraceDiedSlaveWestStormAidsGod's GraceWhirlwindWest Indies Book:The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans Source: The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans
“The black middle-class in America is a prosperous community that is now larger in absolute terms than the black underclass. Does its existence not suggest that economic adversity is the result of failures of individual character rather than the lingering after-effects of racial discrimination and a slave system that ceased to exist well over a century ago?” WellsDoeCharacterAmericaIndividualBlackTermCommunityResultsExistenceClassEconomicMiddleEffectsCenturyAbsolutesAdversitySlaveDiscriminationMiddle ClassProsperousLingeringRacial Discrimination Author:David Horowitz
“Long gone is the time when we opposed the notion that we all looked alike and talked alike. Somehow we have come to exalt the new black stereotype above all and to demand conformity to that norm... [However], I assert my right to think for myself, to refuse to have my ideas assigned to me as though I was an intellectual slave because I'm black.” ThinkingLongIdeasBlackGoneDemandIntellectualSlaveNotionRefuseConformityStereotypeNorm Author:Clarence Thomas
“Your peaks are beautiful, ye Apennines! In the soft light of these serenest skies; From the broad highland region, black with pines, Fair as the hills of Paradise they rise, Bathed in the tint Peruvian slaves behold In rosy flushes on the virgin gold.” LightBeautifulBlackSkyFairsGoldSlaveHillsParadiseRegionsBroadsVirginsRosyPeruvians Author:William C. Bryant
“It's always intrigued me that amidst the group called slaves there were individuals who were extremely able, who were extremely colorful, who were powerful personalities, who by no means fit the usual images of slaves. They were people who, through their personalities and abilities, were very respected in the community where they lived by both black and white.” PeopleMeanAbleIndividualBlackCommunityAbilityWhitePowerfulGroupsPersonalityFitSlaveUsualBlack And WhiteColorfulIntrigued Author:Alex Haley
“There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.” PeopleBlackDealsSlaveBlack PeopleInbreeding Author:Alex Haley
“Let me state here and now that the black woman in America can justly be described as a 'slave of a slave.” StatesAmericaBlackLet MeSlaveBlack WomenHere And Now Author:Frances M. Beal
“Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor abroad and unfair competition with robots at home.” NeedsKindHomeActionBlackWhiteProtectLaborCompetitionSlaveWorkersInternationalBlack And WhiteUnfairRobotsAmerican PoliticsAffirmative ActionAffirmativeSlave Labor Author:Jesse Jackson
“America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna be all kinds of trouble. America's going to pay for all its lynchings and killings of slaves and what it's done to black people.” PeopleKindDoneAmericaBlackPayViolenceTroubleCrimeSlaveKillingAll KindsDestroyedBlack PeopleEarthquakesLynching Author:Muhammad Ali
“Many houses were still full of light when, at the close of March 22, the people of the Círculo returned to their homes, which were gladdened with a fleeting gladness by an hour of justice - for there are still many slaves, black and white, in Puerto Rico!” PeopleStillsHomeLightHouseBlackHoursJusticeWhiteSlaveMarchBlack And WhiteFleetingGladnessPuerto RicoRico Author:Jose Marti
“Black people have slavery. And white people have our own thing-stuff we went though that hurt us that we have to cope with. Like when they took our slaves away. That was really hard for us. So it's pretty even.” PeopleHardFunnyStuffBlackHurtWhiteComedySlaverySlaveBlack People Author:Louis C. K.
“Because of its exceptional capacity for self-criticism, the West took the initiative in abolishing slavery; the calls for abolition did not resonate even in black Africa, where rival African tribes took black prisoners to be sold as slaves in the West.” SelfBlackCapacityCriticismSlaverySlaveWestPrisonerInitiativeTribesExceptionalRivalsAbolitionSelf CriticismAfrican TribesAbolishing Slavery Author:Ibn Warraq
“Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair. In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea.” MenSaidIdeasCountryMomentsJoyNationsBlackCommunityLossSocietyTearsDespairBuiltMajoritySlaveSimplicityBarackReliefUnexpectedGood ManGenocideShockingStunningLandslidesTears Of JoyA Loss For WordsUnexpected Moments Author:Michael Moore
“In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity, no politics of victimization. Reparation wasn't in the language. Nobody thought about giving the great grandchildren of black slaves so much as $1.98. And all of a sudden the bombs hit, interventionism versus isolationism became a dead issue, and it was us-versus-them in a heartbeat.” GivingLanguageBlackIssuesIdentityConceptsSlaveBombsPearlsGrandchildrenVersusHeartbeatHarborsBombingReparationsVictimizationGreat GrandchildrenIsolationismInterventionism Author:James Ellroy
“For two hundred years Haiti has been swimming upstream. We were the first country in which independence was won by a group of slaves - black slaves. Across the water, the country that had just achieved independence - the U.S. - still practiced slavery.” YearsFirstsHas BeensStillsTwoCountryBlackWaterGroupsHundredIndependenceSlaverySlaveSwimmingHaitiSwimming Upstream Author:Michele Montas
“I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. It gets in the way of Black History Month. Cupid didn't free any slaves.” WayBlackMonthsSlaveCelebrateValentineValentine's DayBlack HistoryCupidBlack History Month Author:Damien Lemon