The Patter Of Their Feet As They

Artists Are The Radical Voice Of Civilization.

If The American Negro Is To Have A Culture Of His Own He Will Have To Leave America To Get It.

Every Artist, Every Scientist, Must Decide Now Where He Stands. He Has No Alternative. There Is No Standing Above The Conflict On Olympian Heights. There Are No Impartial Observers. Through The Destruction, In Certain Countries, Of The Greatest Of Man's Literary Heritage, Through The Propagation Of False Ideas Of Racial And National Superiority, The Artist, The Scientist, The Writer Is Challenged. The Struggle Invades The Formerly Cloistered Halls Of Our Universities And Other Seats Of Learning. The Battlefront Is Everywhere. There Is No Sheltered Rear.

I Said It Was My Feeling That The American People Would Struggle For Peace, And That Has Since Been Underscored By The President Of These United States.

At Every Step The Vast Majority Have Expressed Horror At The Idea Of An Aggressive War.