Knowledge Is The Prime Need Of The

We Have A Powerful Potential In Our Youth, And We Must Have The Courage To Change Old Ideas And Practices So That We May Direct Their Power Toward Good Ends.

What Does The Negro Want? His Answer Is Very Simple. He Wants Only What All Other Americans Want. He Wants Opportunity To Make Real What The Declaration Of Independence And The Constitution And The Bill Of Rights Say, What The Four Freedoms Establish. While He Knows These Ideals Are Open To No Man Completely, He Wants Only His Equal Chance To Obtain Them.

When They Learn Of Shakespeare And Goethe, We Must Teach Them Of Pushkin And Dumas. . . . Whatever The White Man Has Done, We Have Done, And Often Better.

Whatever Glory Belongs To The Race For A Development Unprecedented In History For The Given Length Of Time, A Full Share Belongs To The Womanhood Of The Race.

Greatness Is Largely A Social Accident, And Almost Always Socially Supported.