Obviously The Most Oppressed Of

I Happen To Believe That Most People - And This Is Where I Differ From Many Of My Contemporaries, Or At Least As They Express Themselves - I Think That Virtually Every Human Being Is Dramatically Interesting. Not Only Is He Dramatically Interesting, He Is A Creature Of Stature Whoever He Is.

Seems Like God Don't See Fit To Give The Black Man Nothing But Dreams - But He Did Give Us Children To Make Them Dreams Seem Worthwhile.

Though It Be A Thrilling And Marvellous Thing To Be Merely Young And Gifted In Such Times, It Is Doubly So - Doubly Dynamic - To Be Young, Gifted And Black.

Ball Points Belong To Their Age. They Make Everyone Write Alike.

...negroes Must Concern Themselves With Every Single Means Of Struggle: Legal, Illegal, Passive, Active, Violent And Non- Violent.... They Must Harass, Debate, Petition, Boycott, Sing Hymns, Pray On Steps--and Shoot From Their Windows When The Racists Come Cruising Through Their Communities.... The Acceptance Of Our Condition Is The Only Form Of Extremism Which Discredits Us Before Our Children [ellipses In Source].