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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quote on laws

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“One may well ask: ‘How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?’ The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws:...

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Sojourner Truth quote: “Ain’t I a Woman?”

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps m...

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Anne Frank Quote: “Our many Jewish friends…

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“Our many Jewish friends and acquaintances are being taken away in droves. The Gestapo is treating them very roughly and transporting them in cattle cars ...

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Quote from Rosa Parks: “It was just time.”

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time… there was an opportunity for me to take a...

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Georgia O’Keeffe quote: “I found I could say things…

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keef...

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Abraham Lincoln quote: “Now, it happens that…

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“Now, it happens that we meet together once every year, sometimes about the fourth of July, for some reason or other. These fourth of July gatherings I su...

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Booker T. Washington quote on going to school

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“I had no schooling whatever while I was a slave, though I remember on several occasions I went as far as the schoolhouse door with one of my young mistresses t...

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President John F. Kennedy quote: “This state…

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

“This State, this city, this campus, have stood long for both human rights and human enlightenment — and let that forever be true. This Nation is now engaged in...

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Quote from Albert Einstein: “I often think in music.”

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

“If I was not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cann...

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Quote from Helen Keller: “We walked down the…

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

“We walked down the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my tea...

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