Would America Have Been America

It Is The Growing Custom To Narrow Control, Concentrate Power, Disregard And Disenfranchise The Public; And Assuming That Certain Powers By Divine Right Of Money-raising Or By Sheer Assumption, Have The Power To Do As They Think Best Without Consulting The Wisdom Of Mankind.

Now Is The Accepted Time, Not Tomorrow, Not Some More Convenient Season. It Is Today That Our Best Work Can Be Done And Not Some Future Day Or Future Year. It Is Today That We Fit Ourselves For The Greater Usefulness Of Tomorrow. Today Is The Seed Time, Now Are The Hours Of Work, And Tomorrow Comes The Harvest And The Playtime.

I Believe In Pride Of Race And Lineage And Self: In Pride Of Self So Deep As To Scorn Injustice To Other Selves.

Would America Have Been America Without Her Negro People?

One Thing Alone I Charge You. As You Live, Believe In Life! Always Human Beings Will Live And Progress To Greater, Broader And Fuller Life. The Only Possible Death Is To Lose Belief In This Truth Simply Because The Great End Comes Slowly, Because Time Is Long.