Quotations

Benjamin Banneker

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Quoted in G W Williams, History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880 (1882)

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

Quoted in G W Williams, History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880 (1882)

Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.

The colour of the skin is in no way connected with the strength of the mind or intellectual
powers.