Would America Have Been America Without Her

There Is In This World No Such Force As The Force Of A Person Determined To Rise. The Human Soul Cannot Be Permanently Chained.

One Ever Feels His Twoness - An American, A Negro; Two Souls, Two Thoughts, Two Unreconciled Strivings; Two Warring Ideals In One Dark Body, Whose Dogged Strength Alone Keeps It From Being Torn Asunder.

Race Prejudice Decreases Values, Both Real Estate And Human.

The Nation Has Not Yet Found Peace From Its Sins; The Freedman Has Not Yet Found In Freedom His Promised Land. Whatever Of Good May Have Come In These Years Of Change, The Shadow Of A Deep Disappointment Rests Upon The Negro People,—a Disappointment All The More Bitter Because The Unattained Ideal Was Unbounded Save By The Simple Ignorance Of A Lowly People.

When You Have Mastered Numbers, You Will In Fact No Longer Be Reading Numbers, Any More Than You Read Words When Reading Books You Will Be Reading Meanings.