As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

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The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every...

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every...

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes...

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes...

I am a radical.

I am a radical.

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our...

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our...

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is...

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is...

The mere imparting of information is not education.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather...

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather...

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how...

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how...

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but...

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but...

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply...

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply...

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be...

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be...

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers...

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers...

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters...

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters...

If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro...

If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro...

Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.

Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a...

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a...

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.