The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.

A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself

As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.

All art is propaganda...I do not care a damn, for any art that is not used for propaganda.

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too.