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Negro Quotes

Any time a negro community lives under fear that its churches are going to be bombed, then they have to realize they’re living in a war zone Picture Quote #1

Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem Picture Quote #1

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible Picture Quote #1

On the track, you`re Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world, but once you`re in the dressing rooms, you are nothing more than a dirty Negro Picture Quote #1

To the great majority of white Americans, the Negro problem has distinctly negative connotations. It suggests something difficult to settle and equally difficult to leave alone. It is embarrassing. It makes for moral uneasiness Picture Quote #1

But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form Picture Quote #1

We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren?t it doesn?t matter Picture Quote #1

I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman Picture Quote #1

It has been nine years since the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated schools, yet less than ten per cent of the Negro students in the South are in integrated schools. That isn’t integration, that’s tokenism! Picture Quote #1

You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too Picture Quote #1

The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites’ concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him Picture Quote #1

When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity Picture Quote #1

Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor’s rights and the fight for peace Picture Quote #1

The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is overlooked and otherwise slighted, so that he does not come again Picture Quote #1

Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn’t come close to some of the players I saw Picture Quote #1

Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition Picture Quote #1

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation Picture Quote #1

The Negro neighborhood, which is inferior, is begging for a chance to - integrate itself into that which is - is superior, which is not going to happen. It’s going to cause trouble Picture Quote #1

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party Picture Quote #1

In the Negro Leagues, we’d play three games a day on the weekends. Then we’d ride the bus and travel to play the next day someplace else. You’d hang your shirt out the bus window to dry Picture Quote #1

Anytime there’s a fire in a negro community and it’s burning out of control, you send any one of them, send Whitney Young in to put it out Picture Quote #1

One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder Picture Quote #1

Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at many restaurants and could only drink from water fountains marked ‘Colored.’ When I went to the movies, I would have to sit in the Colored balcony Picture Quote #1

I was branded a Negro in the States and had to act accordingly. They wouldn’t even give me a chance in the big leagues because I was a Negro, yet they accepted every other nationality under the sun Picture Quote #1

Why must I run against a Negro? We have had enough of Negroes running against and fighting with each other. The better bet is that we would put a Muslim candidate in the field against a devil, somebody who is against all we stand for Picture Quote #1

The Negro problem, like all other political problems, is fundamentally a moral issue. This is realism, not idealism. Those of my colleagues who believe that they are particularly ‘hard boiled’ because they overlook the fact that human beings are struggling for their consciences are simply unrealistic Picture Quote #1

I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South Picture Quote #1

I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow Picture Quote #1

The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty Picture Quote #1

Racial rhetoric has been entwined with government from the start, all the way back to when the enemy was not Obamacare but the Grand Army of the Republic (and further in the past than that: Thomas Jefferson, after all, was derided as ‘the Negro President’) Picture Quote #1

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Any time a negro community lives under fear that its churches are going to be bombed, then they have to realize they’re living in a war zone. (Negro Quotes) Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem. (Negro Quotes) This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible. (Negro Quotes) On the track, you`re Tommie Smith, the fastest man in the world, but once you`re in the dressing rooms, you are nothing more than a dirty Negro. (Negro Quotes) To the great majority of white Americans, the Negro problem has distinctly negative connotations. It suggests something difficult to settle and equally difficult to leave alone. It is embarrassing. It makes for moral uneasiness. (Negro Quotes) But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form. (Negro Quotes) We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren?t it doesn?t matter. (Negro Quotes) I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman. (Negro Quotes) It has been nine years since the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated schools, yet less than ten per cent of the Negro students in the South are in integrated schools. That isn’t integration, that’s tokenism! (Negro Quotes) You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too. (Negro Quotes) The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites’ concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him. (Negro Quotes) When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity. (Negro Quotes) Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor’s rights and the fight for peace. (Negro Quotes) The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is overlooked and otherwise slighted, so that he does not come again. (Negro Quotes) Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet tall and a fair athlete, but my skills didn’t come close to some of the players I saw. (Negro Quotes) Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery . . . is his natural and normal condition. (Negro Quotes) Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation. (Negro Quotes) The Negro neighborhood, which is inferior, is begging for a chance to - integrate itself into that which is - is superior, which is not going to happen. It’s going to cause trouble. (Negro Quotes) What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. (Negro Quotes) In the Negro Leagues, we’d play three games a day on the weekends. Then we’d ride the bus and travel to play the next day someplace else. You’d hang your shirt out the bus window to dry. (Negro Quotes) Anytime there’s a fire in a negro community and it’s burning out of control, you send any one of them, send Whitney Young in to put it out. (Negro Quotes) One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. (Negro Quotes) Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at many restaurants and could only drink from water fountains marked ‘Colored.’ When I went to the movies, I would have to sit in the Colored balcony. (Negro Quotes) I was branded a Negro in the States and had to act accordingly. They wouldn’t even give me a chance in the big leagues because I was a Negro, yet they accepted every other nationality under the sun. (Negro Quotes) Why must I run against a Negro? We have had enough of Negroes running against and fighting with each other. The better bet is that we would put a Muslim candidate in the field against a devil, somebody who is against all we stand for. (Negro Quotes) The Negro problem, like all other political problems, is fundamentally a moral issue. This is realism, not idealism. Those of my colleagues who believe that they are particularly ‘hard boiled’ because they overlook the fact that human beings are struggling for their consciences are simply unrealistic. (Negro Quotes) I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South. (Negro Quotes) I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow. (Negro Quotes) The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty . (Negro Quotes) Racial rhetoric has been entwined with government from the start, all the way back to when the enemy was not Obamacare but the Grand Army of the Republic (and further in the past than that: Thomas Jefferson, after all, was derided as ‘the Negro President’). (Negro Quotes)

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