George Washington Carver=Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
Shirley Chisolm=Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth.
Frederick Douglass=It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass=If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
W. E. B. DuBois=The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
James L. Farmer Jr.=Evil societies always kill their consciences.
Althea Gibson=Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
Martin Luther King Jr.=Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.=A right delayed is a right denied.
Thurgood Marshall=Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.
Thurgood Marshall=In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Jesse Owens=I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible.
Rosa Parks=Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Rosa Parks=Memories of our lives, or our works and deeds, will continue in others.
Rosa Parks=I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
Colin Powell=A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Colin Powell=Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.
Sidney Poitier=Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
Sidney Poitier=I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
Jackie Robinson=The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
Jackie Robinson=Life is not a spectator sport.
Harriet Tubman=Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
Harriet Tubman=I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
Booker T. Washington=If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Booker T. Washington=You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.
Malcolm X=A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
Malcolm X=Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.
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