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

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.

You must give your own story to the world.

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.

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

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.