Greater opportunity calls for greater accountability.

Focusing on our circumstances can cause us to doubt what God is doing.

“We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. Our abundance has brought us neither peace of mind nor serenity of spirit.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.” —William Lloyd Garrison

“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” —Ella Fitzgerald

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” —Rosa Parks

“We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.”—Jesse Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”—Booker T. Washington

“Freedom is never given; it is won.”—A. Philip Randolph, civil rights activist

Have a vision. Be demanding.”—Colin Powell

“I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.”– Oprah Winfrey

“Love Valentine’s Day, love New Year’s Eve, love taking the SATs, just love high pressure situations and extreme expectations in general.” — B.J. Novak

We have always been wonderful. I see us reflected in the world’s most heavenly things. Black is king. We were beauty before they knew what beauty was.”– Beyoncé Knowles

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." ― Elbert Hubbard

“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave.”– Maya Angelou

“Love is a lot like a toothache. It doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.”- George Burns

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes the fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”– Rosa Parks

“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”– Amanda Gorman

“Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.”– Muhammad Ali

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”– Nelson Mandela

Sandra Annette Bland...February 7, 1987...July 13, 2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - R.I.P.

Essence Atkins.... February 7, 1972 HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Eubie Blake...February 7, 1887...February 12, 1983 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - R.I.P. - pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals written and directed by African Americans.[

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