| People |
Quotes |
1.
Langston Hughes
1902-1967
Joplin, Missouri
Author |
D. “Hold
fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged
bird that cannot fly.” |
2.
Sojourner Truth
1797-1883
Hurley, New York
Abolitionist / Feminist |
F. “If
women want any rights more than they's got, why don't
they just take them, and not be talking about it. ” |
3.
Frederick Douglass
1818-1895
Easton, Maryland
Former slave / Antislavery leader |
C. “The
soul that is within me no man can degrade.” |
4.
Thurgood Marshall
1908-1993
Baltimore, Maryland
Supreme Court Justice |
A. “A
child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi...
has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the
wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true,
but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth
working for.” |
5.
George Washington Carver
1864-1943
Diamond Grove, Missouri
Educator / Innovator |
B. “Associate
yourself with people of good quality, for it is better
to be alone than in bad company.” |
6.
Zora Neale Hurston
1903-1960
Notasulga, Alabama
Author |
E. “The
present was an egg laid by the past that had the future
inside its shell.” |
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