Famous quotes containing the word negroes:
“When the Negroes came they were perplexed.
These Negroes looked like men.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“We have got to stop the nervous Nellies and the Toms from going to the Mans place. I dont believe in killing, but a good whipping behind the bushes wouldnt hurt them.... These bourgeoisie Negroes arent helping. Its the ghetto Negroes who are leading the way.”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (19171977)
“... as a result of generations of betrayal, its nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what he does or what he suffers, a white liberal is never established beyond suspicion in the hearts of the minority.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 10 (1962)