“Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.” MenWorldFirstsIdeasGovernmentPoliticsNaturalWhiteRaceMoralConditionsEqualNormalStonesOppositesPhilosophicalFoundationSlaveryCornersSuperiorsWhite ManWorld HistoryAmerican Civil WarVice PresidentCornerstonesConfederateSubordinationNew GovernmentUs Civil WarConfederate Flag Author:Alexander H. Stephens
“Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.” DoneMightAmericaWhiteExampleSlaveryConstantReminders Book:Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism Source: Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
“What if history was changed? slavery reversed Would black ladies see white boys and clinch they purse?” IfsBlackWhiteBoysChangedSlaveryRapWhat IfPurses Author:Fredro Starr
“The prejudice of the race appears stronger in the States that have abolished slaves than in the States where slavery still exists. White carpenters, white bricklayers, and white painters will not work side by side with the blacks in the North but do it in almost every Southern State.” StillsWarStatesSidesWhiteRacePrejudiceStrongerSlaverySlavePainterCivil WarSouthernCarpenterBricklayers Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I've heard educated white people say, 'slavery was 400 years ago.' No it very wasn't. It was 140 years ago...that's two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That's how recently you could buy a guy.” PeopleYearsLongTwoGuyWhiteHeardDyingYears AgoSlaveryAddEducatedLong AgoOld Lady Author:Louis C. K.
“For black politicians, civil rights organizations and white liberals to support the racist practices of the University of Michigan amounts to no less than a gross betrayal of the civil rights principles of our historic struggle from slavery to the final guarantee of constitutional rights to all Americans. Indeed, it was practices like those of the University of Michigan, but against blacks, that were the focal point of much of the civil rights movement.” BlackWhitePrinciplesPracticeSupportStruggleRightsMovementAmountPoliticianOrganizationSlaveryFinalsUniversityBetrayalCivil RightsGuaranteesRacistHistoricGrossCivil Rights MovementMichiganConstitutional RightsFocal PointUniversity Of Michigan Author:Walter E. Williams
“My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldWayDoeCountryAmericaWhiteRaceBloodSlaverySweatProsperousBrowsWhite RaceProsperous Country Author:Josephine Baker
“Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.” MenImportantWarStatesHouseWhiteUnitedAgreeSlaveryCivil WarWhite HouseHistorianBloodyAbraham Author:Kitty Kelley