Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.
I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
It frightens me to realize that, if I had died before the age of fifty, I would have died a 'Negro' fraction.