FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO AMERICA TODAY THE PORTABLE WIT AND WISDOM OF A GREAT PEOPLE.
These are powerful words. Provocative words. Words that move your heart and words that move you to action. Over 300 quotations--the best known, plus many that have become better known--all by people of African descent. Now, these words can be with you always, in a single, easy-to-use volume. From Aesop to Angelou, from Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, from Nat Turner to Nelson Mandela; here are the words you want for effective speaking and inspired thinking and writing.
Chapter Titles are:
- STRUGGLE
- IDENTITY
- WOMEN
- MEN
- LIVING IN AMERICA
- PRIDE
- SELF-RELIANCE
- LOVE
- CHALLENGE
- MAKING DISCOVERIES
THEY LOVE FAMOUS BLACK QUOTATIONS AND YOU CAN QUOTE THEM!
"Everywhere I go all over this country, African American leaders are using FAMOUS BLACK QUOTATIONS."
Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., former pastor, United Church of Christ, Chicago.
"I have been using my first copy of FAMOUS BLACK QUOTATIONS since it came out in 1986. It is a wonderful collection and an extremely useful resource."
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health; author of Deadly Consequences
"An invaluable reference....The book provides a saying of substance for a variety of occasions. FAMOUS BLACK QUOTATIONS is truly a godsend."
Judy Richardson, series associate producer, Eyes on the Prize, and coproducer, Malcolm X: Make It Plain
