African-Related History
Part 6: Caribbean 3
Get a copy of "The
Covenant with Black
America" and the newly published - "Strengthening
the Family" &
"Covenant in Action."
Read it, and select one area
to work on that will bring
about positive changes in
your own life; then work on
the lives of your children &
family.
Do not allow those who focus on the negative to hold you back. Be an accountable, responsible person. Accountable people make things happen. Do not follow the crowd!
Think through your actions!
Be involved in what your children are doing.
Help to find solutions to the problems in your life and in your community.
See beyond your own life and time
Help to change the present so that the future can be better.
Do Not Give Up! (although it is sometimes VERY tempting to do so)
Develop a plan of action and Work That Plan.
Take small steps towards achieving your goals
If at first you don't succeed -- Try, try and try again!
Wisdom begins in wonder.
- You will be pleasantly surprised at what you can accomplish if you do not listen to the nay sayers.
- If you do not waste time on those who try to negatively engage you.
Nothing is impossible
to a willing heart!
Stand strong against
oppression and
against evil-doers!
Important Quotations:
1. “For over three hundred years
the white man has been our
oppressor, and he naturally is
not going to liberate us to the
higher freedom—the truer
liberty—the truer Democracy.
We have to liberate ourselves” - Marcus Garvey
2. “The most potent weapon in
the hands of the oppressor is
the mind of the oppressed.”
- Stephen Bantu (Steve) Biko South African Martyr
3. “The foundation of every
state is the education of its
youth.” Diogenes
4. “Education is the most
powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela South African
Leader
5. “Stand on your own two black
feet and fight like hell for your
place in the world.” –
Amy Jacques Garvey
6."The Black skin is not a badge
of shame, but rather a glorious
symbol of national greatness"
– Marcus Garvey
7. "The proportion of illiterates
among the whites is twice as high
in the former slave-holding
areas. It is not only the Negroes
who show traces of slavery!
Shame on America for the plight
of the Negroes!"
Lenin, Russians & Negroes, Feb.
1913, CW, Vol. 18, p.543
8. "There is only one good - it is knowledge.
And one evil - ignorance."-Socrates
9. "Plants are shaped by cultivation
and men (people) by education.
Everything we do not have at
birth, and which we need when
we are grown, is given to us by
education." - Rousseau
10. "Genius is one percent
inspiration, ninety-nine percent
perspiration."
- Thomas Edison