A Classic Is A Book That Doesn't

Disfranchisement Is The Deliberate Theft And Robbery Of The Only Protection Of Poor Against Rich And Black Against White.

The Shadow Of A Mighty Negro Past Flits Through The Tale Of Ethiopia The Shadowy And Of The Egypt The Sphinx. Throughout History, The Powers Of Single Blacks Flash Here And There Like Falling Stars, And Die Sometimes Before The World Has Rightly Gauged Their Brightness.

The World Is Shrinking Together; It Is Finding Itself Neighbor To Itself In Strange, Almost Magic Degree.

This The American Black Man Knows: His Fight Here Is A Fight To The Finish. Either He Dies Or Wins. If He Wins It Will Be By No Subterfuge Or Evasion Of Amalgamation . He Will Enter Modern Civilization Here In America As A Black Man On Terms Of Perfect And Unlimited Equality With Any White Man, Or He Will Enter Not At All. Either Extermination Root And Branch, Or Absolute Equality. There Can Be No Compromise. This Is The Last Great Battle Of The West.

Now Is The Accepted Time, Not Tomorrow, Not Some More Convenient Season. It Is Today That Our Best Work Can Be Done And Not Some Future Day Or Future Year. It Is Today That We Fit Ourselves For The Greater Usefulness Of Tomorrow. Today Is The Seed Time, Now Are The Hours Of Work, And Tomorrow Comes The Harvest And The Playtime.