Black

Black

Black is the color of coal, ebony, and the night sky. It is the very darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is the opposite of white.

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Famous quotes containing the word black:

    “The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man’s right to his body, or woman’s right to her soul.”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

    “There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.”
    —Alice Walker (b. 1944)

    “I could see the thing
    with its black head
    but there wasn’t a tear left
    and the scar of my wound
    was hard.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)