51 Quotes by Mary McLeod Bethune




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    Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.

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    You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.

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    When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

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    World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds

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