You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

-- Malcom X

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

-- Fannie Lou Hamer

We will all, at some point, encounter hurdles to gaining access and entry, moving up and conquering self-doubt; but on the other side is the capacity to own opportunity and tell our own story.

— Stacey Abrams

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

— Dr. Mae Jemison

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear.

— Rosa Parks

The job of the conscious is to make the unconscious conscious.

― Stokely Carmichael

​He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

— Muhammad Ali

If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

-- Shirley Chisholm

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.

-- James Baldwin

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

-- Ida B. Wells

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

— Desmond Tutu

Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.

-- John Lewis

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

-- Huey P. Newton

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

-- Malcom X

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

― Booker T. Washington

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

— Thurgood Marshall

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

— Ida B. Wells

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

-- Madam C.J. Walker

Truth is powerful and it prevails.

— Sojourner Truth