The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.
— Maya Angelou

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
— Marcus Garvey

History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past.
— Grace Lee Boggs

I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act.
— Janet Mock

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
— Maya Angelou

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
— Carl T. Rowan