“I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. Sojourner Truth was a bridge. Harriet Tubman was a bridge. Ida B. Wells was a bridge. Madame C. J. Walker was a bridge. Fannie Lou Hamer was a bridge." — OPRAH WINFREY
"The customs and habits contacted during 241 odd years of slavery and oppression cannot pass away in a day. Nor will it ever pass away unless we seek that information which will qualify us for a higher station. No nation ever born has, or ever can, obtain the respect and confidence of other nations of the earth until it has made some efforts on its own behalf."
P. B. S. Pinchback (1837-1921)
African AMerican Reconstruction Governor of Louisiana (1872-1873)
-IDA B. WELLS (1862-1931)
African American Investigative Journalist, Educator, Early Civil Rights Activists
We should not permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.
– Booker T. Washington (1851-1915)
AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR,ORATOR, EDUCATOR, ADVISOR
