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“Every 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” – Harriet
Tubman
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“Laundry is the
only thing that should be separated by color” unknown
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“Only in the
darkness can you see the stars.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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“I can accept
failure. Everyone fails at something. But I cannot accept not
trying.” Michael Jordan basketball player
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“Racism is not an
excuse to not do the best you can” Arthur Ashe
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“Even if I knew
that tomorrow the world would go to pieces I would still plant my apple tree.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Racism is a man’s
gravest threat to man- the maximum of hatred for a minimum of
reason.” Abraham Joshua Heschel
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“Obstacles don’t
have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
Michael Jordan Basketball player
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“Freedom is never
given, it is won.” A. Philip Randolph
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“You must never be
fearful about what you are doing when it’s right.” – Rosa Parks
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“The African race
is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the high it will rise.”
African Proverb
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“Never
underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.
We are all the same in this notion; The potential for greatness lives within
each of us.” -Wilma Rudolph Athlete
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“If you can’t fly
then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but
whatever you do keep moving forward.”-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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“You’re either
part of the solution or part of the problem.” -(Leroy) Eldridge Cleaver
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“The battles that
count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within
yourself -The invisible, inevitable, battles inside all of us-that’s where
it’s at.” – Jesse Owens Athlete
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“No race can
prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in
writing a poem.” – Booker T. Washington
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“I have learned
over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing
what must be done does away with fear.”Rosa Parks
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“Never be limited
by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison – First
African-American female Astronaut
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“I feel that the
most important requirement in success is learning to over come failure.
You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it.” – Reggie Jackson
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“Nothing will work
unless you do.” – Maya Angelou
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“Darkness cannot
drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only
love can do that.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Have a vision. Be
demanding.”- Colin Powell First African-American appointment Secretary of State
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“Hold fast to
dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”-
Langston Hughes
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“You have seen how
a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.” – Frederick
Douglas
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“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
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“I have a dream
that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Free at last,
Free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last.”Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.
