I feel closer to my country than ever. There is no longer a feeling of lonesome isolation. Instead-peace. I return without fearing prejudice that once bothered me . . . for I know that people practice cruel bigotry in their ignorance, not maliciously

I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.

Freedom is a hard-bought thing.

The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

The patter of their feet as they walk through Jim Crow barriers to attend school is the thunder of the marching men of Joshua, and the world rocks beneath their tread.