The Problem Of The Twentieth Century Is

Out Of The Temptation Of Hate, And Burned By The Fire Of Despair, Triumphant Over Doubt, And Steeled By Sacrifice Against Humiliation, . . . He Bent To All The Gibes And Prejudices, To All Hatred And Discrimination With That Rare Courtesy Which Is The Armor Of Pure Souls. . . . He Simply Worked, Inspiring The Young, Rebuking The Old, Helping The Weak, Guiding The Strong.

Liberty Trains For Liberty. Responsibility Is The First Step In Responsibility.

Cannot The Nation That Has Absorbed Ten Million Foreigners Into Its Political Life Without Catastrophe Absorb Ten Million Negro Americans Into That Same Political Life At Less Cost Than Their Unjust And Illegal Exclusion Will Involve?

The History Of The American Negro Is The History Of This Strife, - This Longing To Attain Self-conscious Manhood, To Merge His Double Self Into A Better And Truer Self. In This Merging He Wishes Neither Of The Older Selves To Be Lost... He Simply Wishes To Make It Possible For A Man To Be Both A Negro And An American.

All Womanhood Is Hampered Today Because The World On Which It Is Emerging Is A World That Tries To Worship Both Virgins And Mothers And In The End Despises Motherhood And Despoils Virgins.