Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Nannie Helen Burroughs

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Last updated on December 20, 2024.

Nannie Helen Burroughs was a black educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States. Her speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping," at the 1900 National Baptist Convention in Virginia, instantly won her fame and recognition. In 1909, she founded the National Training School for Women and Girls in Washington, DC. Burroughs' objective was at the point of intersection between race and gender.

May 2, 1879 - May 20, 1961

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At times we feel wounded, hurt, disappointed, disgusted, resentful, sick of it all. At other times we feel skeptical, outraged, robbed, beaten. We chafe, hate, overlook. Then again we feel like ignoring, defying and fighting for every right that belongs to us as human beings.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for we've recognized that we're a race on this continent that can work out its own salvation.

Nannie Helen Burroughs

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Nannie Helen Burroughs

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