Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.
W. E. B. DU BOISWhen in this world a man comes forward with a thought, a deed, a vision, we ask not how does he look, but what is his message? The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty.
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
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As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.
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When in this world a man comes forward with a thought, a deed, a vision, we ask not how does he look, but what is his message? The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty.
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Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.
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There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.
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The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.
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There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done.
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Whether you like it or not the millions are here, and here they will remain. If you do not lift them up, they will pull you down… Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life.
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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.
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The emancipation of man is the emancipation of labor and the emancipation of labor is the freeing of that basic majority of workers who are yellow, brown and black.
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Whiteness is ownership of the earth.
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I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.
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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody’s slavery.
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There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
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We shall never secure emancipation from the tyranny of the white oppressor until we have achieved it in our own souls.
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