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36 Quotes from Black
Activists to Get Us
Through the Night
36 Quotes
from Black
Activists to
Get Us Through the
NightPresented by….Tonya GJ PrinceWESurviveAbuse.comTonyaGJPrinceMedia.com
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Dear Community,
Surely, it will take more than quotes to get us through.
But then again, every time that I have been in need I distinctly recall even minor acts of kindness that were extended.
I also noticed the silence.
Having been a person who has dwelled in the wilderness, I know that it takes a combination of tools to simply survive. Perhaps you can use these quotes along with other healing and self care methods.
I wish you peace, wellness, and justice,
Tonya GJ Prince of WESurviveAbuse.com TonyaGJPrinceMedia.com
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He who passively accepts evil is
as much involved in it as he
who helps to perpetrate it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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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Human beings cannot
be willed and molded
into non-existence.
-Angela Davis
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Don't agonize, organize.
-Florynce Kennedy
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We may encounter many
defeats but we must not
be defeated.
– Maya Angelou
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Nobody is as powerful as
we make them out to be.
-Alice Walker
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Don't be afraid to feel as
angry or as loving as
you can, because when
you feel nothing, it's just
death. -Lena Horne
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Men can starve from a
lack of self-realization as
much as they can from
a lack of bread.
-Richard Wright
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Men who are in earnest are
not afraid of consequences. -
Marcus Garvey
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I get angry about
things, then go
on and work.
-Toni Morrison
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Hate is too great a burden to
bear. It injures the hater more
than it injures the hated. -
Coretta Scott King
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Nothing in the world is
more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Love makes your soul crawl out
from its hiding place.
-Zora Neale Hurston
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Shallow understanding from people of good
will is more frustrating than absolute
misunderstanding from people of ill will.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter From
Birmingham City Jail
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Truth is on the side of
the oppressed.
–Malcolm X
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Prayer begins where
human capacity ends. -
Marian Anderson
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The thing that makes
you exceptional, if you
are at all, is inevitably
that which must also
make you lonely. -
Lorraine Hansberry
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Somebody once said we
never know what is
enough until we know
what's more than
enough. Billie Holiday
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You don't have to teach people
how to be human. You have to
teach them how to stop being
inhuman. Eldridge Cleaver
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You don't make progress by standing on the
sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You
make progress by implementing ideas. -
Shirley Chisholm
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Grab the broom of anger
and drive off the beast of
fear. -Zora Neale
Hurston
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A lot of people refuse to do things
because they don't want to go
naked, don't want to go without
guarantee. But that's what's got
to happen. You go naked until
you die. -Nikki Giovanni
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Nobody's free until
everybody's free.
-Fannie Lou Hamer
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If I didn't define myself for myself, I would
be crunched into other people's fantasies
for me and eaten alive.
-Audre Lorde
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I've learned that people will
forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how
you made them feel.
-Maya Angelou
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Your silence will not
protect you. -Audre Lorde
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There are still
many causes
worth
sacrificing for,
so much
history yet to
be made.
-Michelle
Obama
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When I dare to be powerful - to
use my strength in the service
of my vision, then it becomes
less and less important
whether I am afraid. -Audre
Lorde
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You're not obligated to
win. You're obligated to
keep trying to do the
best you can every day.
-Marian Wright Edelman
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Never be afraid to sit
awhile and think. -
Lorraine Hansberry
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Struggle is a never ending process.
Freedom is never really won, you earn
it and win it in every generation. -
Coretta Scott King
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We have to talk about
liberating minds as well
as liberating society. -
Angela Davis
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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of
truth upon them – Ida B. Wells
Those who commit the murders write the
reports- Ida B Wells
Somebody must show the that the Afro-
American race is more sinned against than
sinning….-Ida B. Wells
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The most common way
people give up their
power is by thinking
they don't have any.
-Alice Walker
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Honey, as long
as you are in
motion, expect
to encounter
resistance.
~Shelia Gunn
(my Mama)
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I am not going to die,
I'm going home like a
shooting star.
-Sojourner Truth
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With over 22 years of service, Tonya GJ Prince is an expert in both domestic and sexual violence issues.
Her specific service emphasis has been dedicated to, crisis counseling, education, centering the voices of
victims and cross-cultural empathy and understanding.
Tonya is an author, activist, advocate, Survivor, speaker, counselor, & mentor.
She has been recognized by women leaders in the community for her work as the founder of the not-for-profit
charity Braid the Ladder.
Her personal healing recipe includes the teachings and values of her Faith, her culture, womanism, storytelling,
music, select wise counsel, special friends, family and fellow activists/Survivors.
Tonya GJ Prince holds a BS in Organizational Management & Development from Bluefield College.
Contact:WESurviveAbuse.comTonyaGJPrinceMedia.comInfo (at) WE SurviveAbuse (dot) com. 720-593-9462
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Abundant Blessings