"I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo." – Shirley Chisholm ~ Thinking of you Thursday, my friend
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” – Rosa Parks
“Let us never forget that Black history continues to define American history.” — Yvette D. Clarke ~ Wednesday night restful sleep friend
“The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.” — Whitney M. Young Jr.
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