To Be Afraid Is To Behave As

If I Do Not Fight Bigotry Wherever It Is, Bigotry Is Thereby Strengthened. And To The Degree That It Is Strengthened, It Will, Thereby, Have The Power To Turn On Me.

Both Morally And Practically, Segregation Is To Me A Basic Injustice. Since I Believe It To Be So, I Must Attempt To Remove It. There Are Three Ways In Which One Can Deal With An Injustice. (a) One Can Accept It Without Protest. (b) On Can Seek To Avoid It. (c) One Can Resist The Injustice Non-violently. To Accept It Is To Perpetuate It.

Surely, I Must At All Times Attempt To Obey The Law Of The State. But When The Will Of God And The Will Of The State Conflict, I Am Compelled To Follow The Will Of God.

My Activism Did Not Spring From Being Black...the Racial Injustice That Was Present In This Country During My Youth Was A Challenge To My Belief In The Oneness Of The Human Family.

The Organizers And Perpetuators Of Segregation Are As Much The Enemy Of America As Any Foreign Invader.