It’s No Disgrace To Be Black, But

There Are A Great Many Colored People Who Are Ashamed Of The Cake-walk, But I Think They Ought To Be Proud Of It.

It’s No Disgrace To Be Black, But It’s Often Very Inconvenient.

At A Very Early Age I Began To Thump On The Piano Alone, And It Was Not Long Before I Was Able To Pick Out A Few Tunes? I Also Learned The Names Of The Notes In Both Clefs, But I Preferred Not Be Hampered By Notes.

The Battle Was First Waged Over The Right Of The Negro To Be Classed As A Human Being With A Soul; Later, As To Whether He Had Sufficient Intellect To Master Even The Rudiments Of Learning; And Today It Is Being Fought Out Over His Social Recognition.

Labor Is The Fabled Magician's Wand, The Philosophers Stone, And The Cap Of Good Fortune.