We Must Dissent From The Fear.

Classifications And Distinctions Based On Race Or Color Have No Moral Or Legal Validity In Our Society. They Are Contrary To Our Constitution And Laws.

Nothing Can Be More Notorious Than The Calumnies And Invectives With Which The Wisest Measures And Most Virtuous Characters Of The United States Have Been Pursued And Traduced [by American Newspapers]

I'm The World's Original Gradualist. I Just Think Ninety-odd Years Is Gradual Enough.

Some Years Ago I Said In An Opinion That If This Country Is A Melting Pot, Then Either The Afro-americans Didn't Get In The Pot Or He Didn't Get Melted Down.

None Of Us Got Where We Are Solely By Pulling Ourselves Up By Our Bootstraps. We Got Here Because Somebody - A Parent, A Teacher, An Ivy League Crony Or A Few Nuns - Bent Down And Helped Us Pick Up Our Boots.