Quotes from famous African Americans

These are quotes from some of the most known and accomplished African Americans that are in tech and have played a major part in history for African Americans.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. The first African American to assume the presidency.

Shellye Archambeau

Shellye is an American businesswoman and current CEO of MetricStream, she has held executive positions for numerous companies, including a 15-year career at IBM where she became the first African American woman at the company to be sent on assignment internationally.

Angela Benton

Angela is the Founder and CEO of NewME Accelerator. She has been recognized as a change agent and one of the Internet industries influencers by numerous publications and outlets

Kimberly Bryant

Bryant founded Black Girls Code, a training course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls who are underrepresented in technology careers.

Laura Weildman

David Drummond

David Drummond is an American businessman. He currently serves as senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer for Alphabet Inc., and formerly its subsidiary, Google.