That great dust-heap called ‘history’.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God’s gift, that’s why we call it the present.
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation’s greatness.
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
I don’t fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.
The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable, it happens because people make decisions that are sometimes very impulsive and of the moment, but those moments are cumulative realities.
Legend remains victorious in spite of history.
Black history is American history.
Ideas shape the course of history.
Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.
History is dependent on the new generation to write a new chapter.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.
I love history… everything is inspired by history, so that’s why I love vintage and antiques.
The kitchen is the heart of every home, for the most part. It evokes memories of your family history.
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography.
History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
