{"id":8681,"date":"2010-01-31T23:19:27","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T04:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:30:53","slug":"motivational-posters-black-history-month-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/motivational-posters-black-history-month-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Motivational Posters: Black History Month Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the States, February is Black History Month. So we decided to commemorate the month with a special edition of our motivational posters series, featuring some of history&#8217;s most influential African-Americans and their powerful words of wisdom. An excellent way to start off your week! Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8682 size-full\" title=\"mlk consensus\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2010\/01\/mlk-consensus.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about influence by Martin Luther. \" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-consensus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-consensus-320x256.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8708 size-full\" title=\"malcolm opposition\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/malcolm-opposition1.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about opposition by Malcolm. \" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8706 size-full\" title=\"carver whining\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/carver-whining1.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about whining by George Washington. \" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8712 size-full\" title=\"jackie 2\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/jackie-2.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about action by Jackie Robinson.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8709 size-full\" title=\"malcolm gravitas\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/malcolm-gravitas.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about gravitas by Malcolm.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8704 size-full\" title=\"book 2\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/book-2.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about might by Booker Washington. \" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8720 size-full\" title=\"cosby 4\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cosby-41.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about pertinence by Bill Cosby.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8710 size-full\" title=\"malcolm indignation\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/malcolm-indignation.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about indignation by Malcolm.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"colin\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/colin.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about discipline by Colin Powell.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8713 size-full\" title=\"kenneth2\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/kenneth2.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about pessimism by Kenneth Clark.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8703 size-full\" title=\"fred work\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/fred-work.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about industry by Frederick Douglass.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"john hope franklin\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/john-hope-franklin.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about history by John Hope Franklin.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8700 size-full\" title=\"fred aborhence\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/fred-aborhence.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about authenticity by Frederick Douglass.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8717 size-full\" title=\"cosby_eating2\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cosby_eating2.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about pleasure by Bill Cosby.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8693 size-full\" title=\"mlk apathy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-apathy1.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about apathy by Martin Luther.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8715 size-full\" title=\"SidneyPoitier_Oscar1\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/SidneyPoitier_Oscar1.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about honor by Sidney Poitier.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8702 size-full\" title=\"fred fatherhood\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/fred-fatherhood.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about fatherhood by Frederick Douglass.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8711 size-full\" title=\"malcolm force\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/malcolm-force.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about force by Malcolm.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"cosby ennis\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/cosby-ennis.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about progeny by Bill Cosby\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"mlk_installment\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk_installment.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about complacency by Martin Luther.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8722 size-full\" title=\"colin\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/colin1.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about self worth by Colin Powell. \" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8701 size-full\" title=\"fred gentle\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/fred-gentle.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about dignity by Frederick Douglass.\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8695 size-full\" title=\"mlk life\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-life1.jpg\" alt=\"A motivational quote about legacy by Martin Luther.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nCheck out all the motivational posters from AoM:&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Theodore Roosevelt Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/knowledge-of-men\/theodore-roosevelt-motivational-posters\/\">Theodore Roosevelt Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: George S. Patton Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-george-s-patton-edition\/\">George S. Patton Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Ernest Hemingway Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-ernest-hemingway-edition\/\">Ernest Hemingway Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Winston Churchill Edition (Part I)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-i\/\">Winston Churchill Edition (Part I)<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Winston Churchill Edition (Part II)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-winston-churchill-edition-part-ii\/\">Winston Churchill Edition (Part II)<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Black History Month Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-black-history-month-edition\/\">Black History Month Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Bear Bryant\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-bear-bryant\/\">Bear Bryant Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters: Founding Fathers Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-founding-fathers-edition\/\">Founding Fathers Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Motivational Posters from the Band of Brothers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/motivational-posters-from-the-band-of-brothers\/\">Band of Brothers Edition<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Vintage Business Motivational Posters from the 1920s &amp; 1930s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/articles\/vintage-business-motivational-posters-from-the-1920s-1930s\/\">Business Posters from the 1920s and 1930s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the States, February is Black History Month. So we decided to commemorate the month with a special edition of our motivational posters series, featuring some of history&#8217;s most influential African-Americans and their powerful words of wisdom. An excellent way to start off your week! Enjoy. Check out all the motivational posters from AoM:&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,42269],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-8681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-self-improvement"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-consensus-500x280.jpg","aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-consensus-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2010\/01\/mlk-consensus-320x256.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8681"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52277,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681\/revisions\/52277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8681"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}