The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.

Quote by William Wells Brown

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When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as...

When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as...

The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.

The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.

I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of...

I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of...

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

People don't follow titles, they follow courage.

I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.

I was not only hunting for my liberty, but also hunting for my name.

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and...

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed...

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Here I stand before you - brown. Color of the mountains Colossal as the earth...

Here I stand before you - brown. Color of the mountains Colossal as the earth...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

The race advances only by the extra achievements of the individual. You are the individual.

The race advances only by the extra achievements of the individual. You are the individual.

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal

Race is precisely of as much consequence in man as it is in any animal

We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the peoples...

We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the peoples...

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of...

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of...

The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things

The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...