Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!

The Negro loves America enough to criticize her fundamentally. Most white Americans simply can't be bothered.

My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.

Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.

Most of us came here in chains and most of you came here to escape your chains. Your freedom was our slavery, and therein lies the bitter difference in the way we look at life.

Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.