Occupation: Historian Birth: December 19, 1875 Death: April 3, 1950
It may be well to repeat here the saying that old men talk of what they have done, young men of what they are doing, and fools of what they expect to….
The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity ….
No man knows what he can do until he tries..
In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the econom….
The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people..
The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies..
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists..
As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopel….
If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an….
They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate ….
I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a lawsuit. It would do the cause much good. Let us banish fear. We….
This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom..
The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which ….
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do..
In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them..