The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to the conditions of the New World.
Benjamin E. MaysFor nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.
Benjamin E. MaysWhatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.
Benjamin E. Mays