BLACK HISTORY MONTH

 Black History Month and President's Day 

                                           Photo by Rodnae Productions

                                           

   Let one of the quotes below inspire you to express your dreams.

 Or describe a meeting between Abe Lincoln and Michelle Obama.

               Or Michelle Obama and Harriet Tubman. 

                             Or anyone you want.

                   You can participate in their dialog, too. 

                         What would you say to them?

            "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember,

 you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to

 reach for the stars to change the world.”

“I had crossed the line. I was free; but, there was no one there to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”

“I looked at my hands to see if I was still the same person now that I

 was free.” 

                                                           -- Harriet Tubman  1822-1913

 

“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.” ― Marcus Garvey 1887-1940

 

Michelle Obama: “History has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”   1964—

 

Those who deny freedom for others, deserve it not for themselves.

                                                        -- Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

 

    “Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

                                              ― George Washington  1732-1799

    “Our attitudes towards things like race or gender operate on two

levels. First of all, we have our conscious attitudes. This is what we

choose to believe. These are our stated values, which we use to direct

our behavior deliberately . . . But the IAT [Implicit Association Test]

 measures something else. It measures our second level of attitude,

 our racial attitude on an unconscious level - the immediate,

 automatic associations that tumble out before we've even had time

 to think. We don't deliberately choose our unconscious attitudes.

 And . . . we may not even be aware of them.”

Malcolm Gladwell, Blink:The Power of Thinking Without Thinking           

                                                                                            1963—

Lots of food for thought in Blink, and in all these quotes. 

We may be racist without being aware of it. 

Check out Ruby Pratka’s “Espresso” website: 

“20 Books to Better Understand Race/Racism.”