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WELCOME TO THE

LIBRARY OF BLACK HISTORICAL FIGURES

HERE YOU WILL FIND SOME FACTS ABOUT THESE HISTORICAL BLACK FIGURES.

SOME YOU MAY KNOW AND SOME MAY BE NEW. 

EITHER WAY THE KNOWLEDGE IS HERE

FOR YOU TO ENJOY.

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ANGELA DAVIS

PROFESSOR

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

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CARTER G WOODSON

HISTORIAN

A QUOTE - WHEN YOU CONTROL A MAN'S THINKING YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS ACTIONS

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HATTIE MCDANIEL

ACTRESS

A QUOTE - I DID MY BEST, AND GOD DID THE REST

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JESSE OWENS

ATHLETE

A QUOTE - AWARDS BECOME CORRODED, FRIENDS GATHER NO DUST

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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.

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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.

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MICHELLE OBAMA

PUBLIC SPEAKER

A QUOTE - WHEN THEY GO LOW WE GO HIGH

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RICHARD PRYOR

COMEDIAN

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

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BILLIE HOLIDAY

MUSICIAN

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

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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

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HUEY P NEWTON

POLITICAL ACTIVIST

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

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KATHERINE JOHNSON

MATHEMATICIAN

A QUOTE - I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.

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MALCOLM X

MINISTER

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

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MAYA ANGELOU

POET

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

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MUHAMMAD ALI

ATHLETE

A QUOTE - Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

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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.

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BOOKER T WASHINGTON

EDUCATOR

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

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GEORGE CARVER

INVENTOR

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

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JAMES BALDWIN

POET

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

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LEWIS LATIMER

INVENTOR

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

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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.

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MEGHAN MARKLE

PUBLIC FIGURE

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

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OCTAVIA BUTLER

AUTHOR

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

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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.

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