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In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.

Benjamin E. Mays

For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.
BENJAMIN E. MAYS

Believe People White
The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream…It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
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Dream Lying Stars
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.
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Calamity Dream Reaching Goals Stars
Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.
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Communication Honest Integrity
He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.
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Men Race Running
Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down.
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Communication Intelligent School
It isn’t a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.
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Goal Life Reaching Stars
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach
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Goal Lying Weight Loss
It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.
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Determination Integrity Soul
In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.
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Art Boys Halfway Normal White
It isn’t more light we need, it isn’t more truth, and it isn’t more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.
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God Light Spiritual
Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
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People Tasks Wells
Man is what his dreams are.
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Desire Dream Men
You have the ability, now apply yourself.
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Ability Apply Yourself
The circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.
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Center Circumstances Drawn Set
[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.
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Believe May Today Tomorrow

In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.

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In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.

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