history

“ The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself. ”

“ In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent. ”

“ The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them. ”

“ The large majority of the negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people. ”

“ The differentness of races moreover is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess. ”

“ The race needs workers, not leaders. ”

“ It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves. ”

“ This crusade is more important than the anti-lynching movement because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the classroom. ”

“ If the negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto. ”

“ At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught they cannot do. ”