Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations, which covers over 5000 years of Black history, includes quotations, sayings, proverbs, literature excerpts, song lyrics and more. The long list of topics include art, activism, history, philosophy, politics, science and theology, to name just a few.

In 764 wonderful pages, editor Retha Powers,  has managed to compile a truly impressive and monumentally thorough collection of African American quotations. This new anthology has raised the bar in the genre and promises to inspire generations to come.

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Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World