{"quotes":[{"text":"Our stories are timeless and tested. They are about us, a people of tremendous strength.Our songs are full of love and life— and the ups and downs of both. They are soulful with the rhythms of a heart that is in sync with nature and wonderment. Our struggles are real and rugged. They beckon our memory to the highest callings of the spirit, to help us rejoice and to overcome.","author":"Deborah L. Parker","tags":["african-american-success","black-history","determination"],"id":23743,"author_id":"Deborah+L.+Parker"},{"text":"The war that killed my grandfather and great-uncles and thousands of other blacks is only a footnote in our history books.","author":"Cristina García","tags":["black-history","caribbean","cuba","history"],"id":29510,"author_id":"Cristina+Garc%C3%ADa"},{"text":"You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason. The limits of your ambition were, thus, expected to be set forever. You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. You are not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.","author":"James Baldwin","tags":["black-history","black-in-america","history"],"id":38765,"author_id":"James+Baldwin"},{"text":"Oh Maker, what did they really say about your black creation? I think you made a beautiful work of art on a canvass of rebellion. Hey, Maker! We are still selling out!","author":"Chinonye J. Chidolue","tags":["art","art","art-work","artwork","back-is-beautiful","beautiful-rebels","black","black-and-white","black-folks","black-history","black-is-beautiful","black-people","black-pride","blacks","canvas-of-life","canvas-of-the-mind","chinonye-j-chidolue","hey-maker","maker","maker","maude","racism","rebel","rebel-of-the-sands"],"id":39685,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"},{"text":"How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord’s bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his destruction frightened me.","author":"Jay Grewal","tags":["american-history","black-history","civil-war","equality","justice","slavery"],"id":41314,"author_id":"Jay+Grewal"},{"text":"Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["africa","african","african-american","ambitions","black-history","black-people","brainy","character","evolution","human-life","human-race","human-rights","humanism","humanismo","humanist","humanitarian","humanitarian-activities","humanitarian-crisis","humanitarian-efforts","humanitarian-intervention","humanitarianism","humanitarians","humanity-and-society","inspirational","life","love-and-kindness","origin-of-human-rights","origin-of-life","origin-of-species","philosophy","race","race-and-racism-in-america","race-issues","race-of-life","race-relations","races","racial-discrimination","racial-equality","racial-identity","racial-injustice","racial-prejudice","racial-profiling","racial-superiority","racism","sentiments","social-psychology","truth","words-of-wisdom"],"id":43166,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"You got a child to feed and a life to get on with.","author":"Angela Flournoy","tags":["black-history","child","mother"],"id":45222,"author_id":"Angela+Flournoy"},{"text":"I couldn’t figure out if it was fate or faith that had brought me there. How funny those two words sounded when paired together. One was the inevitable, something I could not change in my life, while the other was the hope and belief that I could. These two words were enemies of each other, and one of them was down right dangerous for a slave to have anywhere near his mind.","author":"Jay Grewal","tags":["american-history","black-history","civil-war","equality","slavery"],"id":56994,"author_id":"Jay+Grewal"},{"text":"Call up the ever-pure, the effulgent and the ever-radiant character of true humanism in yourself and in others, and no racism shall have the power to thrive in such society even for a few seconds.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["africa","african","african-american","ambitions","black-history","black-people","brainy","character","evolution","human-life","human-race","human-rights","humanism","humanismo","humanist","humanitarian","humanitarian-activities","humanitarian-crisis","humanitarian-efforts","humanitarian-intervention","humanitarianism","humanitarians","humanity-and-society","inspirational","life","love-and-kindness","origin-of-human-rights","origin-of-life","origin-of-species","philosophy","race","race-and-racism-in-america","race-issues","race-of-life","race-relations","races","racial-discrimination","racial-equality","racial-identity","racial-injustice","racial-prejudice","racial-profiling","racial-superiority","racism","sentiments","social-psychology","truth","words-of-wisdom"],"id":62568,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either push for change (which they would perceive as against their interests) or live consciously as hypocrites who speak of freedom and opportunity but perpetuate a system of inequality.The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.","author":"Tim Wise","tags":["american-culture","black-and-white","black-history","george-zimmerman","hypocricy","privilege","race-relations","racism","trayvon-martin","white-privilege","willful-ignorance"],"id":65099,"author_id":"Tim+Wise"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":62,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}