A Dream Deferred Is A Dream Denied.

I Swear To The Lord, I Still Can't See, Why Democracy Means, Everybody But Me.

Negro Writers, Just By Being Black, Have Been On The Blacklist All Our Lives. Do You Know That There Are Libraries In Our Country That Will Not Stock A Book By A Negro Writer, Not Even As A Gift? There Are Towns Where Negro Newspapers And Magazines Cannot Be Sold Except Surreptitiously. There Are American Magazines That Have Never Published Anything By Negroes. There Are Film Studios That Have Never Hired A Negro Writer. Censorship For Us Begins At The Color Line.

Life Is An Egg You Have To Be Patient And Careful With It Or It Will Break.

We Build Our Temples For Tomorrow, Strong As We Know How, And We Stand On Top Of The Mountain, Free Within Ourselves.

The Rhythm Of Life Is A Jazz Rhythm