The thinker must think for truth, not for fame was said by W.E.B. DuBois
This is just a part of the entire quote and the idea behind it is that African-American people should emancipate and educate themselves not so that they may get riches or become successful in the white world, but rather for themselves and they should enjoy it for the intellectual gains, not physical ones.
The opportunity to earn a dollar in a factory just now is worth infinitely more than the opportunity to spend a dollar in an opera-house. was said by Booker T. Washintgon.
He believed that African-Americans should educate themselves and participate in the daily life and that they should be thankful for the rights they won and not just push the limits of what is allowed. He believed that the African-Americans should not try to make white people mad but rather coexist with them.
Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad was said by Marcus Garvey who was into the idea of PanAfricanism which believed that people of African heritage should embrace that heritage and live freely as such. This meant that they shouldn't just adopt white people's cultural practices but be themselves, which also included the idea of going back to their Homeland.
