Discriminated Against, Angry, Zora Neale Hurston

"Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_132700.

Don't Be Afraid, Angry, Loving, Lena Horne

“Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.” - Lena Horne, I Dream a World (1989)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 99.

Angry, Keep Your Mouth Shut, Nothing Will Ever Change, Michelle Obama

"Don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry, or that you 'should keep your mourth shut.' There will always be those who want to keep you silent, to have you be seen but not heard, or maybe they don't even want to see you at all. But those people don't know your story, and if you listen to them, then nothing will ever change." - Former First Lady Michelle Obama, speaking to the graduating class of 2020

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020, page 6.