Men Must Not Only Know, They Must

There Is Always A Certain Glamour About The Idea Of A Nation Rising Up To Crush An Evil Simply Because It Is Wrong. Unfortunately, This Can Seldom Be Realized In Real Life; For The Very Existence Of The Evil Usually Argues A Moral Weakness In The Very Place Where Extraordinary Moral Strength Is Called For.

But Art Is Not Simply Works Of Art; It Is The Spirit That Knows Beauty, That Has Music In Its Soul And The Color Of Sunsets In Its Headkerchiefs; That Can Dance On A Flaming World And Make The World Dance, Too.

In 1956, I Shall Not Go To The Polls. I Have Not Registered. I Believe That Democracy Has So Far Disappeared In The United States That No 'two Evils' Exist. There Is But One Evil Party With Two Names, And It Will Be Elected Despite All I Can Do Or Say.

Most Men Today Cannot Conceive Of A Freedom That Does Not Involve Somebody's Slavery.

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!