Treasury of Black Quotations

ISBN: 0595326218

Author: Wilson, Donnie

Condition: New

The sample passages below are taken from among the 783 quotations contained within this remarkable book. All subjects are categorized alphabetically and indexed by author. Treasury of Black Qotations is a must for your home library!!!DESERTIONIt sometimes seems we are deserted by earth and heaven.-Frederick Douglass* * *DESIREI've lived to bury my desires.And see my dreams corrode with rust:Now all that's left is fruitless firesThat burn my empty heart to dust.-Alexander Pushkin* * *DESTINYAbused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America.-Martin Luther King, Jr.---And my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose.-Nat Turner* * *DEVELOPMENTThe development of human society-from tribalism to feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism-is brought about by the needs and aspirations of mankind for a better life.-Paul Robeson