Black Pearls
I borrowed a typewriter from my next door neighbor and changed my life. –Vertamae Smart Grosvenor On this day, I will take five minutes to discuss with my sons something they want to do and ways in which they can go about getting it done. Read more…
It’s one big race that you have to run. It doesn’t do any good to show early speed; it doesn’t do any good to coast in the beginning and save for a kick. –Bryant Gumbel On this day, I will take five minutes to consider whether I am pushing my sons too hard or not […]
Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. –Katherine Dunham On this day, no matter how full this day is, I will take five minutes to be alone, take a deep breath, and relax. Read more…
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them. –Jean Toomer On this day, I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about their gifts, and remind them that it’s up to them to make the best of them. Read more…
My mother was a great woman. She went through a lot of suffering to bring the twenty of us up, but still she taught us to be decent and to respect ourselves, and that is one of the things that has kept me going. –Fannie Lou Hamer On this day, I will make a list […]
My dad could be tough, Lord, he was tough when he had to be. But he could always smile, no matter how hard the times were. –Reggie Jackson On this day, I will take five minutes to remember that every child needs lots of smiles. It is the smile that makes the child feel good, […]
One does not become great by claiming greatness. –Xhosa Proverb On this day, I will take five minutes to discuss with my sons an item relating to black pride—kente cloth, for instance, or a family photograph—and suggest that they let that object inspire them to excellence throughout the day. Read more…
Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing in it. –Jesse Owens On this day, I will ask my sons about five good things that happened to them, so that they might get in the habit of looking for good to happen to them. Read more…
Failure to recognize possibilities is the most dangerous and common mistake one can make. –Mae C. Jemison On this day , I will talk to my sons about a dream. And we will put that dream and the steps to attain it on paper. Read more…
A child must have a sense of selfhood, a knowledge that he is not here by sufference, that his forbears contributed to the country and to the world. –John Oliver-Killens On this day I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about black people who contributed to the building and prosperity of this […]
Parenting is a lifetime proposition, and sometimes I get so tired. –Miriam Decosta-Willis On this day, I will make a list of five activeties that restore and replenish my spirit and I challenge you to do the same. Read more…
My father believed–and it is the validity of these beliefs which has served my life and work– that the most important step in moving toward any goal was to be prepared for opportunity when it presented itself. –Whitney M. Young, Jr. On this day, I will take five minutes to talk to my sons about […]
