15 Inspiring Juneteenth Quotes To Share

““Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.”

Fannie Lou Hamer

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“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

Malcolm X

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“In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.”

Shirley Chisholm

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"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation."

- Coretta Scott King,

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“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”

– Abraham Lincoln

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"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs."

- Frederick Douglass,

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"We all require and want respect, man or woman, Black or white. It's our basic human right."

- Aretha Franklin

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“I find freedom sexy. I find freedom so sexy, I can’t even explain it to you. You wake up every day and feel like you can do anything.”

Prince

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"We are not ready to fight because we love fighting. We are ready to fight because we are worth fighting for."

― Zoé Samudzi

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“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”

– Rosa Parks

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“We all require and want respect, man or woman, Black or white. It’s our basic human right.”

Aretha Franklin

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“There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.”

Michelle Obama

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“Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”

Ella Fitzgerald

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"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."

- Desmond Tutu

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