This is my second installment in the Black History Month series. This series contains inspirational quotes from Black Americans that are good for all people. While some friends will want me to use “African American History Month”, I will use the traditional name to identify it with American born and raised leaders.
The blog post is to give a little background while my twitter @davetravis – will get regular updates of the posts.
Today’s twitter for #BHM2011:
Frederick Douglass –“ A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.”
This week’s theme is from leaders from history for the quotes. Douglass died in 1895. Douglass was born a slave but escaped slavery, educated himself and became a prominent leader of both the abolitionist movement and a promoter of women’s rights. For a brief time he was the US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
He was known as a powerful speaker for his age, respected by crowds of all backgrounds and races. He was actually nominated for the Vice Presidency of the United States by an lesser known party but never campaigned or acknowledged the nomination.
Here is a bonus quote for my blog readers:
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
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