That's What Being Eccentric Means--being

...negroes Must Concern Themselves With Every Single Means Of Struggle: Legal, Illegal, Passive, Active, Violent And Non- Violent.... They Must Harass, Debate, Petition, Boycott, Sing Hymns, Pray On Steps--and Shoot From Their Windows When The Racists Come Cruising Through Their Communities.... The Acceptance Of Our Condition Is The Only Form Of Extremism Which Discredits Us Before Our Children [ellipses In Source].

American Straightforwardness Is Almost As Disarming As Americans Invariably Think It Is.

Sometimes, I Can See The Future Stretched Out In Front Of Me - Just As Plain As Day. The Future Hanging Over There At The Edge Of My Days. Just Waiting For Me.

Seems Like God Don't See Fit To Give The Black Man Nothing But Dreams - But He Did Give Us Children To Make Them Dreams Seem Worthwhile.

One Cannot Live With Sighted Eyes And Feeling Heart And Not Know And Read Of The Miseries Which Affect The World.