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Team Members

BILLIE HOLIDAY

BILLIE HOLIDAY

MUSICIAN

A QUOTE - If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

JAMES BALDWIN

JAMES BALDWIN

POET

A QUOTE - It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

MARY EDMONIA LEWIS

MARY EDMONIA LEWIS

SCULPTOR

A QUOTE - Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.

MEGHAN MARKLE

MEGHAN MARKLE

PUBLIC FIGURE

A QUOTE - Don't give it five minutes if you're not going to give it five years

HUEY P NEWTON

HUEY P NEWTON

POLITICAL ACTIVIST

A QUOTE - I HAVE THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AND THE PEOPLE ARE MY STRENGTH

MALCOLM  X

MALCOLM X

MINISTER

A QUOTE - EDUCATION IS THE PASSPORT TO THE FUTRE, FOR TOMORROW BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT TODAY

BOOKER T WASHINGTON

BOOKER T WASHINGTON

EDUCATOR

A QUOTE - IF YOU WANT TO LIFT YOURSELF UP, LIFT UP SOMEONE ELSE

SIDNEY POITIER

SIDNEY POITIER

ENTERTAINMENT

A QUOTE - I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

PUBLIC SPEAKER

A QUOTE - Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

MICHELLE OBAMA

MICHELLE OBAMA

PUBLIC SPEAKER

A QUOTE - WHEN THEY GO LOW WE GO HIGH

ANGELA DAVIS

ANGELA DAVIS

PROFESSOR

A QUOTE - WE KNOW THE ROAD TO FREEDOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN STALKED BY DEATH

RICHARD PRYOR

RICHARD PRYOR

COMEDIAN

A QUOTE - WHEN YOU AINT GOT NO MONEY YOU GOTTA GET AN ATTITUDE

SIMONE BILES

SIMONE BILES

ATHLETE

A QUOTE - I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all.

OCTAVIA BUTLER

OCTAVIA BUTLER

AUTHOR

A QUOTE - I JUST KNEW THERE WERE STORIES I WANTED TO TELL

MADAM C.J. WALKER

MADAM C.J. WALKER

ENTREPRENEUR

A QUOTE - “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

LEWIS LATIMER

LEWIS LATIMER

INVENTOR

A QUOTE - We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they be

GEORGE CARVER

GEORGE CARVER

INVENTOR

A QUOTE - Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom

DIANA ROSS

DIANA ROSS

SINGER

A QUOTE - YOU CAN'T JUST SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU THAT GOLDEN DREAM. YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOURSELF

MAYA ANGELOU

MAYA ANGELOU

POET

A QUOTE - IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, CHANGE IT. IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE

JESSE OWENS

JESSE OWENS

ATHLETE

A QUOTE - AWARDS BECOME CORRODED, FRIENDS GATHER NO DUST

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