A few inspirational quotes from the famous black people that can be used in the classroom as a discussion activity.

2. “Hating people
because of their
colour is wrong and it
doesn’t matter
which colour does
the hating. It’s just
plain wrong.”
Muhammad Ali

3. “For to be free is not
merely to cast off one's
chains, but to live in a
way that respects and
enhances the freedom
others.”
Nelson Mandela

4. “Without education, you
not going anywhere in this
world.”
Malcolm X

5. “I had no idea that history was being
made. I was just tired of giving up.”
Rosa Parks

6. “Accept yourself, love yourself.”
Iman

7. “Change will not come if
we wait for some other
person or some other
time.
We are the ones we've
been waiting for. We are
the change that we
seek.”
Barack Obama

8. “For everyone of us that
succeeds, it's because
there's somebody there
to show you the way
out.”
Oprah Winfrey

9. “I have a dream that my
four little children will
one day live in a nation
where they will not be
judged by the colour of
their skin, but by the
content of their
character.”
Martin Luther King