Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be s… - Martin Delany
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be s…
- Martin Delany
A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man. - Martin Delany
A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.
The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity. - Martin Delany
The claims of no people, according to established policy and usage, are respected by any nation, until they are presented in a national capacity.
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if I had equal posses… - Martin Delany
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if I had equal posses…
Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with ou… - Martin Delany
Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with ou…
We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected as men and women, until… - Martin Delany
We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected as men and women, until…
It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land - Martin Delany
It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land
The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors. - Martin Delany
The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.
Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their desti… - Martin Delany
Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their desti…
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