Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.