"WE WEREN'T PUSHING BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. WE JUST SHOWED IT." ― KATHERINE DUNHAM
“THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHO THE HEROES AND HEROINES ARE OR WERE" ― NINA SIMONE
"GET ORGANIZED AND YOU WILL COMPEL THE WORLD TO RESPECT YOU.” ― MARCUS GARVEY
“WE’RE FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE THAT THEY WERE FIGHTING THEN,” SAYS BRATHWAITE. “THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS YOU DO SEE SOME SUCCESS, FOR SOME, BUT WE’VE STRUGGLED AGAINST RACISM, POLICE BRUTALITY, HOMOPHOBIA, ALL OF THAT. ― KWAME BRAITHWITE
KWAME BRATHWAITE ― DAISY BATES ― MARCUS GARVEY ― NINA SIMONE ― MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ― HARRIET TUBMAN ― JESSE OWENS ― ROSA PARKS ― MALCOM X ― ANGELA DAVIS ― JOHN LEWIS ― AVA DUVERNAY ― FREDERICK DOUGLASS ― MAYA ANGELOU ― FRED HAMPTON