When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas . . . Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.

I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.