February 12, 2008...Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, celebrates Black History Month by sharing inspirational quotes from some prominent Black women of our time:

"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and hope of the slave. I rise, I rise, I rise."
- Maya Angelou, Novelist and Poet (1928-)

"Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face."
- Carol Moseley-Braun (1947- )

"I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up."
- Rosa Parks

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."
- Marian Anderson - Singer (1897-1993)

"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."
- Maya Angelou, Novelist and Poet (1928-)

"The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains."
- Josephine Baker, Entertainer (1906-1975)

"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."
- Ella Fitzgerald, Singer (1918-1996)

"Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people."
- Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights Activist (1927-2006)

"If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it."
- Sojourner Truth " Philanthropist, Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate (1797-1883)

"I was free, but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land."
- Harriet Tubman, African-American Leader and Abolitionist (1820-1913)

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."
- Alice Walker, Writer (1944-)

"There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it."
- Ida B. Wells - Journalist and Anti-lynching Activist (1862-1931)

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