The Negro Cannot Stand The Present Reactionary

One Thing Alone I Charge You. As You Live, Believe In Life! Always Human Beings Will Live And Progress To Greater, Broader And Fuller Life. The Only Possible Death Is To Lose Belief In This Truth Simply Because The Great End Comes Slowly, Because Time Is Long.

Here Is The Chance For Young Women And Young Men Of Devotion To Lift Again The Banner Of Humanity And To Walk Toward A Civilization Which Will Be Free And Intelligent; Which Will Be Healthy And Unafraid; And Build In The World A Culture Led By Black Folk And Joined By Peoples Of All Colors And All Races - Without Poverty, Ignorance And Disease!

So Often Do You See Collegians Enter Life With High Resolve And Lofty Purpose And Then Watch Them Shrink And Shrink To Sordid, Selfish, Shrewd Plodders, Full Of Distrust And Sneers.

The Dark World Is Going To Submit To Its Present Treatment Just As Long As It Must And Not One Moment Longer.

Honest And Earnest Criticism From Those Whose Interests Are Most Nearly Touched,- Criticism Of Writers By Readers, Of Government By Those Governed, Of Leaders By Those Led, - This Is The Soul Of Democracy And The Safeguard Of Modern Society