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SCHOOL OF BLACK WOMAN EXCELLENCE
The Aureate Academy
Since 2019
Black History Month 2020:
29 Days of Black Excellence
February 29, 2020
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.” - Rosa Parks
February 28, 2020
"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good." - Barbara Jordan
February 27, 2020
‪“We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired.” - Fannie Lou Hamer
February 26, 2020
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” - Audre Lorde
February 25, 2020
“I am not a special person. I am a regular person who does special things.” - Sarah Vaughan
February 24, 2020
“It’s important that young people know about the struggles we faced to get to the point we are today. Only then will they appreciate the hard-won freedom of blacks in this country.” - Amelia Boynton Robinson
February 23, 2020
“When people have their biases and prejudices, yes, I am aware. My head is not in the sand. But my thing is, if I can’t work with you, I will work around you. I was not about to be so discouraged that I’d walk away.” - Annie Easley
February 22, 2020
"I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than believe, to inquire rather than to affirm." - Septima Poinsette Clark
February 21, 2020
"We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us, but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves." - Shirley Chisholm
February 20, 2020
"We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others." - Pearl Bailey
February 19, 2020
February 18, 2020
“My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one’s purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one’s self.” - Coretta Scott King
February 17, 2020
"It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts." - Ella Fitzgerald
February 16, 2020
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February 14, 2020
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February 13, 2020
February 12, 2020
February 11, 2020
"A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow." - Mary McLeod Bethune
February 10, 2020
“I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.” - Whitney Houston
February 9, 2020
“I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.’ ” - Katherine Dunham
February 8, 2020
“Sometimes the times were dark and the outlook was lonesome, but where there is a will, there is a way. I pitched in and dug at my work until now I am where I am.” - Edmonia Lewis
February 7, 2020
“The loser is always a part of the problem; the winner is always a part of the answer. The loser always has an excuse; the winner always has a program. The loser says it may be possible, but it's difficult; the winner says it may be difficult, but it's possible.” - Althea Gibson
February 6, 2020
"I cannot help wondering sometimes what I might have become and might have done if I had lived in a country which had not circumscribed and handicapped me on account of my race, but had allowed me to reach any height I was able to attain." - Mary Church Terrell
February 5, 2020
"Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead." - Gwendolyn Brooks
February 4, 2020
"To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve." - Nannie Helen Borroughs
February 3, 2020
"As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might." - Marian Anderson
February 2, 2020
"It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets." - Wilma Rudolph
February 1, 2020
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"I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly." - Bessie Coleman
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