African History Quotes
Collection of top 31 famous quotes about African History
African History Quotes & Sayings
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
— Yvette Clarke
I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step.
— Jerome Ringo
New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino.
— Junot Diaz
When the history of African development is written, it will be clear that a turning point involved the empowerment of women.
— Sheryl WuDunn
I want you here when I go to sleep.' He licks my bottom lip. 'And I want you here when I wake up. Starting and ending my day with you is all I need.
— Jodi Ellen Malpas
Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?
— Ian McEwan
My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.
— Henry Louis Gates
My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive.
— Solange Knowles
A person who is in a constant rat race seldom has time to think whether or not he is living his life properly
— Sunday Adelaja
Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent.
— Wole Soyinka
The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
— Ed Gillespie
A beautiful lady with an evil heart is like a hundred dollar note cut in two with one piece missing
— Bangambiki Habyarimana
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to.
— Philip Freelon
African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
— George Ayittey
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
— Arthur Ashe
People are impressed with me - because I can sleep for just 45 minutes - I'm used to it.
— Miley Cyrus
The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness.
— Ntozake Shange
For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art, on love.
— John Edgar Wideman
Tazburg, Mise, Divine, South Ridge. He read the names off the
— David Baldacci
I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.
— Bernie Sanders
South African history did not start in 1652.
— Nick Wood
