“We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.” —Jesse Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete
Category: Black History Month
Black History Month Day 14 – Booker T. Washington
“Success 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.” —Booker T. Washington
Black History Month Day 13 – Colin Powell
“Have a vision. Be demanding.” —Colin Powell
Black History Month – Day 12: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The time is always right to do what is right.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black History Month Day 11 – Frederick Douglass
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass
Black History Month Day 10 – Langston Hughes
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” —Langston Hughes
Black History Month Day 9 – Desmond Tutu
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”—Desmond Tutu
Black History Month Day 8 – Franklin Thomas
“One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each…