Forgiving is not about forgetting, it's letting go of the hurt

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

I do feel, in my dreamings and yearnings, so undiscovered by those who are able to help me.

Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.