The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
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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.Mary McLeod Bethune
Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.
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The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.
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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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Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
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