Black Voices: Inspiring & Empowering Quotes from Global Thought Leaders (HC) (2024)

With over 60 quotations--carefully researched by National Black Cultural Information Trust founder, Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor--Black Voices is your go-to source for powerful words from both famous Black individuals in history and new and lesser-known voices. From this diverse spectrum of perspectives and experiences, gain a deeper understanding of Black culture and history.

Some of the inspirational quotes include:

"I'm not ashamed of anything I've ever done in the name of fairness and justice for my people."
Winnie Mandela, South African freedom fighter

"I'm very interested in, 'What does it mean for us to cultivate together?' Community that allows for risk, the risk of knowing someone outside your own boundaries, the risk that is love. There is no love that does not involve risk."
bell hooks, African American feminist scholar

"Our youth, our drive, our diversity and openness, our boundless capacity for risk and reinvention means that the future should be ours. But that potential will only be realized if our democracy works. Only if our politics better reflects the decency of our people."
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States and the first American Black president

Spotlighting Black writers, artists, scholars, politicians, activists, and visionaries from all eras and backgrounds, each quote is accompanied by a short biography of its writer or speaker. This engaging and information-packed book touches on aspects and subjects relevant to Black lives, including:

• Culture and History
• Education and Knowledge
• Justice, Civil Rights, and Human Rights
• Race and Racism
• Gender, Feminism, and Womanism
• Peace and Love
• Inspiration, Hope, and Perseverance
• Freedom and Liberation
• Politics
• Blackness
• Pan Africanism