I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

My long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.