Quotes from Beah Richards

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?

Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!

Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater to be profoundly lifeless.

For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for So you can make a bigger salary than other people

Be mindful that the world that you want to live in and that you need to live in needs you to create it; it needs your input. The world needs to hear what you have to say. The last word has not been spoken.

Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?

For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be a hundred or if I get to be a trillionaire.