[To the patronizing train conductor who had twice said, 'Auntie, give me your ticket':] Which of my sister's sons are you?

World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds

You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.

I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.