Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain - and we will smile. ...We will answer and say unto them, ‘Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever really listen to him? ...For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honor him.'
Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will a… - Ossie Davis
Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will a…
- Ossie Davis
There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards. - Ossie Davis
There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.
We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes upon the horizon and o… - Ossie Davis
We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes upon the horizon and o…
It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we … - Ossie Davis
It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we …
One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together. - Ossie Davis
One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.
Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. - Ossie Davis
Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.
I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. - Ossie Davis
I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child. - Ossie Davis
If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child.
It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not - Ossie Davis
It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not
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