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15 Marcus Garvey Quotes for Inspiration and Liberation
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2021-08-17T16:11:32.000Z
2021-08-17T16:11:32.000Z
LeShelle, host of MinorityReport
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<div><div id="viewer-1uvl4" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="c-Mgr dhpWm _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D"><div class="_3lvoN LPH2h" style="text-align:center;"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_c15d37557dc143b3a255ac7d57c67a38~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_438,h_634,al_c,lg_1,q_90/0e1fc6_c15d37557dc143b3a255ac7d57c67a38~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_c15d37557dc143b3a255ac7d57c67a38~mv2.webp" /><em>Photo Credit: The Universal Negro Improvement Association</em></div></div></div></div><div> </div><p id="viewer-1llee" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-born black nationalist who created a <em>'Back to Africa'</em> movement in the United States. He became an inspirational political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator whose ideals pre-figured the later Civil Rights Movement. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) with chapters established beyond the borders of the United States to the Caribbean, Canada, and Africa.</span></p><p id="viewer-1ikji" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">Garvey believed African Americans would not take action if they did not change their perceptions of themselves, he championed radical racial pride by celebrating the African past and encouraging African Americans to be proud of their heritage, melanated skin, and kinky coily hair.</span></p><div> </div><div id="viewer-cq3d7" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="c-Mgr dhpWm _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D"><div class="_3lvoN LPH2h"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_ab9b0107bbe04318a231cea7708be7fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_634,h_474,al_c,lg_1,q_90/0e1fc6_ab9b0107bbe04318a231cea7708be7fe~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_ab9b0107bbe04318a231cea7708be7fe~mv2.webp" /></div></div></div></div><div> </div><p id="viewer-aemnb" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _1XrpH _328F_ public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="text-align:center;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Photo Credit: Henrietta Vinton Davis's Weblog</em></span></p><p id="viewer-f4rhm" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">While racial pride and unity played important roles in Garvey's black nationalism seeking to establish independent Black states around the world, he touted capitalism as the tool that would establish African Americans as an independent group. In the spirit of Black economic independence, in 1919 Garvey founded the Black Star Line to provide transportation to Africa. The shipping line was founded to facilitate the transportation of goods and eventually Black people living throughout the / back to African to create a global economy.</span></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_2e20e43a858d41daaef4a62f708ac7a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_740,h_822,al_c,q_90/0e1fc6_2e20e43a858d41daaef4a62f708ac7a4~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_2e20e43a858d41daaef4a62f708ac7a4~mv2.webp" /></div><div id="viewer-2hpuh" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="c-Mgr dhpWm _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D"><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div><div> </div><p id="viewer-7spc6" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _1XrpH _328F_ public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Photo Credit: PanAfrican Connection</em></span></p><div> </div><div id="viewer-3cani" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </span></div><div> </div><div id="viewer-8qddu" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="_2o-_D"><div class="_3lvoN LPH2h"><a href="https://cutt.ly/MRTV-ayoka-essentials-vegan-candles" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_9eb1af42d33a4764a4b9f2be04e44953~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_740,h_282,al_c,q_95/0e1fc6_9eb1af42d33a4764a4b9f2be04e44953~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_9eb1af42d33a4764a4b9f2be04e44953~mv2.webp" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">Along with the Black Star Line, Garvy also established The Negro Factories Corporation to build and operate factories in the big industrial centers of the United States, Central America, the West Indies, and Africa with the intent to manufacture every marketable commodity. The NFC was home to a chain of grocery stores, a restaurant, a steam laundry, a tailor and dressmaking shop, a millinery store, and a publishing house for the <em>Negro World </em>newspaper.</span></div></div></div><div> </div><div id="viewer-9ubl4" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="c-Mgr dhpWm _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D"><div class="_3lvoN LPH2h"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_59911771f02f4b249dc3bb8829cdddb0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_740,h_506,al_c,q_95/0e1fc6_59911771f02f4b249dc3bb8829cdddb0~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_59911771f02f4b249dc3bb8829cdddb0~mv2.webp" /></div></div></div></div><div> </div><p id="viewer-fe6to" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _1XrpH _328F_ public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="text-align:center;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Photo Credit: UCLA</em></span></p><p id="viewer-b7rpc" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">Despite his controversial reputation and being rebuffed by many of his peers like W.E.B. Du Bois, Garvey's legacy continued to instill pride and inspiration among many black people throughout the diaspora. His ideology has influenced many members of the Nation of Islam, the Black Power movement, and the Rastafari movement. Marcus Garvey is credited with coining the phrase <em>"Black is beautiful", </em>a running theme that summarizes his work and his words. The following quotes are a reflection of Garvey's teachings.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-71fte" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">1. <em>"Progress is the attraction that moves humanity." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div> </div><p id="viewer-de8aj" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">2. <em>"If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div> </div><p id="viewer-2vivd" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">3. <em>"Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden..." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div> </div><p id="viewer-2dvpc" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">4. <em>"It is your mind that rules the body. You cannot go further than that mind to seek truth and to know truth and to react to truth." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div> </div><p id="viewer-45c4i" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">5. <em>"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong> </span></p><div id="viewer-5v8bn" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="c-Mgr dhpWm _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D"><div class="_3lvoN LPH2h" style="text-align:center;"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_defdf4b62c8e4fb9adedc2173bff81be~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_740,h_589,al_c,q_90/0e1fc6_defdf4b62c8e4fb9adedc2173bff81be~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_defdf4b62c8e4fb9adedc2173bff81be~mv2.webp" /><em>Photo Credit: UCLA</em></div></div></div></div><div> </div><div> </div><p id="viewer-8ajn" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">6. <em>"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong> </span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-9p9qo" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">7. <em>"The first dying that is to be done by the Black man in the future will be done to make himself free." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong> </span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-dj67o" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">8. <em>"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong> </span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-b1a15" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">9. <em>"Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div> </div><div> </div><p id="viewer-2u036" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">10. <em>"I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong> </span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-e55s6" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">11. <em>"Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-3a3hp" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Related: </strong><a class="_2qJYG _2E8wo" href="https://cutt.ly/mrtv-15-black-lives-matter-and-racial-justice-quotes-for-revolution" target="_blank"><strong><u class="sDZYg">15 Black Lives Matter and Racial Justice Quotes to Inspire You to Join the Revolution</u></strong></a></span></p><div> </div><div id="viewer-2i3fq" class="q2uC4 _208vH"><div class="c-Mgr dhpWm _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D"><div class="_3lvoN LPH2h"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_2efd22d19c5046048a0cfcfb8e107054~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_740,h_555,al_c,q_90/0e1fc6_2efd22d19c5046048a0cfcfb8e107054~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_2efd22d19c5046048a0cfcfb8e107054~mv2.webp" /></div></div></div></div><p id="viewer-fh2mh" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _1XrpH _328F_ public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="text-align:center;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Photo Credit: NYC Gov Parks</em></span></p><p id="viewer-dv1lp" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em><span style="font-size:14pt;">12. "The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of a national greatness." - </span></em><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></span></p><div> </div><div><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;"><em>13. "Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance as seek as far as possible to be intelligent." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-50n5v" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;"><em>14. "We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building, or social uplift work, be we are engaged in nation building." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></p><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><div><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;"><em>15. "We must canonize our own saints, create our own martyrs, and elevate to positions of fame and honor Black men and women who have made their distinct contributions to our racial history … I am the equal of any white man; I want you to feel the same way." - </em><strong>Marcus Garvey</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><div id="viewer-70d9c" class="q2uC4 _208vH" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14pt;">***</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;"> </span></div><p id="viewer-f2r90" class="XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="font-size:14pt;">Need more resources like this to help you Buy Black? 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30 Soul-stirring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/30-soul-stirring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-quotes
2021-01-18T22:06:36.000Z
2021-01-18T22:06:36.000Z
LeShelle, host of MinorityReport
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<div><p id="viewer-6ino2" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a polarizing Nobel Peace Prize-winning figure, charismatic preacher, and defender of desegregation is honored for challenging racist laws and the legislators who upheld them with non-violent action during a time when violence rained down on Black people who done nothing more than simply be born Black. </span></p><p id="viewer-dkf4v" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">On the <em>third Monday of January</em> each year, we observe the life and legacy of Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The fight to observe MLK Day as a federal holiday did not come without <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://www.history.com/news/martin-luther-king-jr-day-controversial-origins-of-the-holiday" target="_blank"><strong><u class="sDZYg">opposition</u></strong></a>. No doubt, in 2027 when the <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-tapes-allege-mlk-watched-rape-2019-5" target="_blank"><strong><u class="sDZYg">FBI recordings</u></strong></a> are made public of what took place in the hotel rooms of Dr. King, views about the man will undoubtedly provoke many to question his character. </span></p><p id="viewer-2mos4" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">"Unnatural sex acts", witnessing alleged rape, and founder member of the "International Association for the Advancement of P*ssy Eaters," aside, this nation found Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one mere man, to be enough of a threat that he was MURDER by the United States Government having been <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://newsone.com/2843790/did-you-know-us-govt-found-guilty-in-conspiracy-to-assassinate-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/" target="_blank"><u class="sDZYg"><strong>found </strong></u><u class="sDZYg"><strong>guilty in a civil lawsuit</strong></u></a> of conspiring to assassinate him. He was indeed assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Dr. King was 39 years old.</span></p><p id="viewer-b4e95" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired (and angered) many with his soul-stirring speeches, calling for radical change that would allow Black people guaranteed access to civil liberties. Let these quotes encourage you in the months to come and beyond.</span></p><div id="viewer-9djvn" class="q2uC4 _3kAGd"> </div><div id="viewer-gin5" class="q2uC4 _3kAGd"><div class="c-Mgr _2Mq66 _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D image-container LPH2h"><div class="_3lvoN"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_058ac2db9b0c482985241ba2de93d8cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_740,h_416,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/0e1fc6_058ac2db9b0c482985241ba2de93d8cb~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_058ac2db9b0c482985241ba2de93d8cb~mv2.webp" /></div><div> </div></div></div></div><p id="viewer-7lg21" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="text-align:center;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Photo Credit: Getty Images</em></span></p><div id="viewer-c07rq" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </span></div><p id="viewer-c579p" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">1. <em>“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">2 <em>“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">3. <em>“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">4. <em>“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">5. <em>“A riot is the language of the unheard.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">6. <em>“Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">7. <em>“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">8. <em>“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”</em></span></p><div id="viewer-av82a" class="q2uC4 _3kAGd"><div class="c-Mgr _2Mq66 _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D image-container LPH2h"><div class="_3lvoN"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_a24714f53289452393ac571a3cf7b104~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_740,h_556,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/0e1fc6_a24714f53289452393ac571a3cf7b104~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_a24714f53289452393ac571a3cf7b104~mv2.webp" /></div></div></div></div><p id="viewer-6b22q" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _1XrpH _1-QUK public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" style="text-align:center;"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Photo Credit: Getty Images</em></span></p><div id="viewer-7uuqj" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </span></div><p id="viewer-3umev" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Related: <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVMVeXJfTPg" target="_blank"><strong><u class="sDZYg">An Evening with Author and Anti-Racist Activist Ibram X.Kendi and Author and Scholar Imani Perry [VIDEO]</u></strong></a> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">9. <em>“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">10. <em>“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">11. <em>“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">12. <em>“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">13. <em>“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">14. <em>“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”</em></span></p><div id="viewer-eg372" class="q2uC4 _3kAGd"><div class="c-Mgr _2Mq66 _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D image-container LPH2h"><div class="_3lvoN"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_4a89aa41c8384c6da1aeb5b79bed578a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_571,h_322,al_c,lg_1,q_90/0e1fc6_4a89aa41c8384c6da1aeb5b79bed578a~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_4a89aa41c8384c6da1aeb5b79bed578a~mv2.webp" /></div><div> </div></div></div></div><p id="viewer-2mbe5" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Related: <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtCoywg_96o" target="_blank"><strong><u class="sDZYg">Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last Speech</u></strong></a> </span></p><p id="viewer-80kr8" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> 15. <em>“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">16. <em>“The time is always right to do what is right.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">17. <em>“We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now because I’ve been to the mountaintop… I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">18. <em>“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">19. <em>“In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">20. <em>“All we say to America is, ‘Be true to what you said on paper.’ If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges, because they hadn’t committed themselves to that over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">21. “<em>You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream.”</em></span></p><div id="viewer-54kl4" class="q2uC4 _3kAGd"><div class="c-Mgr _2Mq66 _7gPc2"><div class="_2o-_D image-container LPH2h"><div class="_3lvoN"><img class="_5JW6l _36UM9 align-center" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0e1fc6_9efd6733bd124197971f0fe157c6d773~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_712,h_480,al_c,lg_1,q_90/0e1fc6_9efd6733bd124197971f0fe157c6d773~mv2.webp" alt="0e1fc6_9efd6733bd124197971f0fe157c6d773~mv2.webp" /></div><div style="text-align:center;"> <em>Photo Credit: Getty Images</em></div></div></div></div><div id="viewer-31i3n" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </span></div><p id="viewer-bch58" class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">Related: <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://www.minorityreporttvshow.com/post/15-black-lives-matter-and-racial-justice-quotes-to-inspire-you-to-join-the-revolution" target="_blank"><strong><u class="sDZYg">15 Black Lives Matter and Racial Justice Quotes to Inspire You to Join the Revolution</u></strong></a> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">22. <em>“Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">23. <em>“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">24. <em>“The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">25. <em>“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">26.<em> “I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.”</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">27. <em>"A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent."</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">28. <em>"A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make."</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">29. <em>"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."</em> </span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr">30. <em>"Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity."</em></span></p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"> </p><p class="XzvDs _208Ie ljrnk blog-post-text-font blog-post-text-color _2QAo- _25MYV _1Fao9 public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr"><span class="vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><em>Need more resources like this to help you Buy Black? Sign up for the Daily Black Business Newsletter <a class="_2qJYG blog-link-hashtag-color _2xVcV" href="https://cutt.ly/Subscribe-to-the-Minority-Report-Newsletter" target="_blank"><u class="sDZYg"><strong>here</strong></u></a> so you never have to miss a blog post, interview, or an honest product review. Get Minority Report news and a few coupons delivered directly to your inbox!</em></span></p></div>
Armageddon Within: The Final Fight (Using Your Talents For Entrepreneurship)
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/armageddon-within-the-final-
2016-10-06T14:00:00.000Z
2016-10-06T14:00:00.000Z
Kamal Imani
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/KamalImani
<div><p align="center"><b><u><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828588322,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3828588322?profile=original" /><br />Armageddon Within: The Final Fight</u></b></p><p align="center"><b><u>(Using Your Talents For Entrepreneurship)</u></b></p><p align="center"><b>By Kamal Imani</b></p><p align="center"><b>©2016</b></p><p align="center"><b> </b></p><p>Although there are a multitude of things going on in the external world that can cause distractions, drama and dissatisfaction, are these things the real reason that are keeping you from going to the next level? Or, are there some internal voices that are giving you excuses that you tell to yourself so frequently that you actually begin to believe your own lie? Have you actually brainwashed or hypnotized yourself into the paralysis of analysis or <b><u>self-conflict</u></b>?</p><p>At times when we watch the news, surf the web, work, go to school, deal with family, friends and co-workers, we find that we need a break or vacation because if we don’t take those “mental health days” our lives may feel like we’re close to the biblical war of Armageddon. Although there are many realities that we must face, handle and conquer, I submit to you that the final fight is within. This is the fight of controlling and maintaining positive thoughts.</p><p>It seems like there is something in nature, some call it Murphy’s law (What can go wrong, will go wrong) that just happens shortly after we make a <b><i>decision</i></b> to go out and achieve a goal or dream. When we decide to do something positive and life changing, here comes that opposition. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “Whenever I learn the game, they change the rules”? Well, this is what happens in life. So in order for you and I to make it to the finish line we have to have those attributes that Napoleon Hill talks about in his book “Think & Grow Rich”. Qualities like desire, enthusiasm, persistence, auto-suggestion, and organized planning to name a few. They require positive and consistent thinking. You must think with a laser beam like focus. Yes, you must focus like a thoroughbred with blinders on so that you can win the race. As the Bible says “Walk by faith and not by site”. This means, that at first you may have a clear picture of your goals, but when you lose resources such as time, money or energy than all of a sudden, the finish line is no longer in sight and you want to quit or change course. Only positive and consistent thinking and renewing your mind will get you to the finish line. As the bible says “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”.</p><p>Yes, this is warfare! When you’re set out to achieve a victory and your negative voice comes up from within you and says “you can’t do that” or your friends, family or even a stranger says “you can’t do that” and they can even tell you all the reasons that you will fail, what are you going to do? Are you going to let their suggestion change your thinking and focus or are you going to have that strong positive voice rise up and say “Thanks, but I got this”, “Mind your business”, “I’m a winner”? In fact, you’ve already won. When speaking about embarking on new endeavors, I once heard Oprah Winfrey say “I take a deep breath and visualize the ending”. You have to use creative visualization to see the end result, in detail, of what you really want and then go to work for it. The more you focus, the more things will come together.</p><p> </p><p>Remember, it’s war. A positive war perhaps, but trust me, war techniques will help you because sometimes you will advance, other times you will have to pause, at other times you may have to retreat. You may even have to “surrender” (spiritually, mentally) so that you can live to fight another day. In pausing, retreating and surrendering, you can refresh, renew, review and gather up new and additional resources to revive your campaign to the finish line!</p><p>So the war is against <b><i>self-conflict</i></b>! As long as you’re indecisive and that little angel on one shoulder is battling with that little angel on the other shoulder, you’re going to be a hot mess. Trust me, I was there for a long time and the main solution to winning is to listen to the little angel and take swift bold action! Challenge your fears, which are really paper tigers, as the Nike slogan says “Just do it”. Get started, just do it. I don’t know about you, but I see jobs (just over broke) leaving our country and disappearing due to technology and automation. This should be encouraging enough to make one use their talents and find ways to market them.</p><p>Then there is, as they often mention in network marketing, <b><i><u>“your why”.</u></i></b> This is your strong <b><i>reason(s)</i></b> for doing what you want and need to do in order to have financial freedom and live the lifestyle of your dreams in which you truly deserve! Can you imagine a time of financial pain that you would never want to revisit? Are you tired of things repeating in your life in a circular manner? Than who are you waiting for to fix it? Is your why strong enough to make you desire to get out of your comfort zone and go all out for your goals and dreams? You’re why could be your children, your lover, your “I’m not going back there anymore”. </p><p>My earliest memories of life where in Harlem, where I was born and the Bronx where I was partially raised by my single mother. I had 2 little sisters, both with separate fathers. I saw things in the inner city that no child should see and I ran from bullies and thieves that were frightening. I was recruited by a gang at the age of 7 and of course there was peer pressure. Worst of all, I would see my mother faint and have nervous breakdowns due to being overworked and underpaid while trying to raise us without steady child support from our fathers. Even when we moved to the suburbs of Teaneck New Jersey, our lights or heat would sometimes be off. At other times my mother would say “Listen, don’t eat all of the food in one day because I don’t get paid again until Friday”. I promised my Mother that I would buy her a house one day. She has passed away and I hope to give all and more to my wife, son, family and leave a legacy of owning and not renting. This is my why. People tell me that I’m always hustling, moving and working, but I’m doing what I love and I feel the passion! You have to have passion! So I’m consistently thinking positive and I’m determined to win this war of Armageddon within!</p><p><b><i>Kamal Imani is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, event planner, Teacher, Spoken Word Poet, Author, Film Director and Marketing Consultant residing in northern New Jersey.</i></b></p><p><b><u>Contact:</u></b></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kamalsupreme">https://www.facebook.com/kamalsupreme</a></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/kamal.imani">http://www.facebook.com/kamal.imani</a></p><p> <a href="mailto:Terrenceteaches@gmail.com">Terrenceteaches@gmail.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.kamalthemotivationalspeaker.com/">http://www.kamalthemotivationalspeaker.com</a></p><p><a href="http://www.globalentrepreneurexpo.com/">http://www.globalentrepreneurexpo.com</a></p><p> <a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828588322,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><br /></a></p></div>
The passing of a Giant, Nelson Mandela. Our Inspiration!
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/the-passing-of-a-giant-nelson-mandela-our-inspiration-by-the
2013-12-06T11:00:00.000Z
2013-12-06T11:00:00.000Z
Emmett Till Legacy Foundation
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/EmmettTillLegacyFoundation
<div><p>~ By the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation ~ Our hearts are saddened by the passing of a giant of a man.... Nelson Mandela, who was a man of remarkable grace, intelligence, courage and strength. Our prayers are with his family and the beautiful people of South Africa. The grace and dignity in which he fought for freedom, democracy, One man One Vote, economic parity and equality for his people and country inspired the entire world and us deeply. We will forever remember his legacy and His life's journey and how he and our beloved friends in beautiful South Africa endured the long, brutal, violent, sad, racist, inhumane regime of apartheid and are yet striving to forgive, overcome, survive and move beyond its hate filled legacy today. Rest President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, "Madiba". You certainly have earned your crown. We are forever indebted to you for the un-selfish sacrifices you made that impact us all.</p><p>On behalf of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, Our ambassadors and family, Co Founder, Deborah Watts</p><p></p><p></p></div>