hatred of oppression seems to me so blended with hatred of the oppressor that I cannot separate them. I feel that no other injury could be so hard to…

- Charlotte Forten Grimke

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

- Charlotte Forten Grimke

At times I feel it almost impossible not to despond entirely of there ever being a better, brighter day for us. None but those who experience it can …

- Charlotte Forten Grimke