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To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.
To be a Negro in America is to hope against hope.
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look read more
The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.
The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
The political machine works because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated read more
That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even read more
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, read more
But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long." That song is right. Something has got to change in America—and change soon. We must help that change to come.
Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not read more
Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
