Prison/history

Famous quotes containing the words prison and/or history:

“If you’re born in America with a black skin, you’re born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today are beginning to regard our plight or predicament in this society as one of a prison inmate.”
—Malcolm X (1925–1965)

“History takes time.... History makes memory.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)