February is Black History Month and we’ve rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons including Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois. These powerful public figures have left a mark on our country with their insightful words, historic speeches and more.
The month honors African American people’s rich range of experiences, struggles and achievements throughout history and into the modern day.
Each year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—the organization that founded Black History Month—provides a new theme for the month. Last year’s theme was “Black Health and Wellness” and the theme for February 2023 is “Black Resistance.”
As the ASALH website says, “African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms, and police killings since our arrival upon these shores. These efforts have been to advocate for a dignified self-determined life in a just democratic society in the United States and beyond the United States political jurisdiction.”
In honor of Black History Month, we’ve rounded up 120 inspiring quotes from civil rights icons as well as words of wisdom from inspiring modern figures including Viola Davis, Janelle Monáe, and Shonda Rhimes. These public figures have left a mark on our country with their insightful words, historic speeches, powerful writing and performances, and more.
To celebrate Black History Month, here are 120 quotes to remember.
120 Black History Month Quotes
1. “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
—Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut
2. “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a…
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