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Ida B. Wells Quote: “The negro has suffered far more…”

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

October 21, 2021 1862, American, Ida B. Wells, July 16, Quotes by Activists

Malcolm X Quote: “In the Muslim world, I had…”

In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That… was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about ‘white men.’

October 16, 2021 1925, American, Malcolm X, May 19, Quotes by Activists

Maya Angelou Quote: “Living in a state of terror…”

Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.

October 16, 2021 1928, American, April 4, Maya Angelou, Quotes by Poets

Rosa Parks Quote: “I had felt for a long…”

I had felt for a long time that, if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

October 10, 2021 1913, American, February 4, Quotes by Activists, Rosa Parks

William Julius Wilson Quote: “Black professors make more than white…”

Black professors make more than white professors. That’s because we are in demand. I’ll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar.

October 9, 2021 1935, American, December 20, Quotes by Sociologists, William Julius Wilson

James Weldon Johnson Quote: “I believe it to be a…”

I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

October 9, 2021 1871, American, James Weldon Johnson, June 17, Quotes by Poets

Georg Trakl Quote: “When we are thirsty, we drink…”

When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.

September 27, 2021 1887, Austrian, February 3, Georg Trakl, Quotes by Poets

Greg Grandin Quote: “Defenders of Wilson are correct to…”

Defenders of Wilson are correct to beg for context when considering his legacy. But it is they who ignore the context: the role Wilson played in using war, including Haiti’s racist counterinsurgency, to nationalize white supremacy, militarism, and Christian evangelism.

September 24, 2021 1962, American, Greg Grandin, Quotes by Historians

Langston Hughes Quote: “To my mind, it is the…”

To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering ‘I want to be white,’ hidden in the aspirations of his people, to ‘Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!’

September 14, 2021 1902, American, February 1, Langston Hughes, Quotes by Poets

Patricia Ireland Quote: “They plan to ride into the…”

They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries.

September 12, 2021 1945, American, October 19, Patricia Ireland, Quotes by Activists

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