Robert Brown

“I am angry. It is illegal for me to be angry. Remember: Don't get angry. It is illegal to be a black man and be angry. Right. Got it. I will remember this next time.”
― Kara Lee Corthron, The Truth of Right Now

“. . . You said that I could be any type of black girl that I wanted to be.”
― Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie

“It's risky...But sometimes that's the only way to get things done. Take the risk, light the fuse. Onward.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“And when white men in they hate an’ wrath an’ meanness fetches blood from that beautiful black skin then, oh then, my brothers, it is time not fo’ laughing but fo’ weeping an’ rage an’ lamentation! Pride!” I cried after a pause, and let my arms descend. “Pride, pride, everlasting pride, pride will make you free!”
― William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner