\u2014Thurgood Marshall, first African American U.S. Supreme Court member<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 Coretta Scott King \u201cThe cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 W.E.B. Du Bois<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 Langston Hughes<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe time is always right to do what is right.\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSuccess is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.\u201d<\/strong> \u201cWe all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 Jesse Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Harriet Tubman\u201cInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”<\/strong> \u2014 Dr. Mae Jemison<\/p>\n\n\n\n February is Black History Month but as Morgan Freeman once said: “Black history is American history. Here are wise words spoken by historic figures who have impacted society beyond black history. \u201cIn recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.\u201d \u2014Thurgood Marshall, first African American U.S. Supreme Court member \u201cHate is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,2,104,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allarticlesbrains","category-brains","category-editors-picks","category-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n
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