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Black identity1 quote
I am a Negro:
Black as the night is black,
Black like the depths of my Africa. — Langston Hughes · 1926Never surrender1 quote
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate. — Samuel Johnson · 1784Surrender1 quote
I will be conquered; I will not capitulate. — Samuel Johnson · 1784War1 quote
Carthage must be destroyed. — Cato the Elder · 149 BC