Artists Are The Radical Voice Of Civilization.

Yes, I Heard My People Singing!-in The Glow Of Parlor Coal-stove And On Summer Porches Sweet With Lilac Air, From Choir Loft And Sunday Morning Pews-and My Soul Was Filled With Their Harmonies.

I Know That If The Peace Movement Takes Its Message Boldly To The Negro People A Powerful Force Can Be Secured In Pursuit Of The Greatest Goal Of All Mankind. And The Same Is True Of Labor And The Great Democratic Sections Of Our Population.

With Othello, Shakespeare Posed This Problem Of A Black Man In A White Society In The Role That He's Playing. And Shakespeare Gave Othello Such Dignity - He Came Not From - As He Said - Not From Hate But From Honor, From A Sense Of His Own Human Dignity. And To Me, To My Mind, There Could Be No Greater Character Played.

This United States Government Should Go Down To Mississippi And Protect My People. That Is What Should Happen.

I've Learned That My People Are Not The Only Ones Oppressed... I Have Sung My Songs All Over The World And Everywhere Found That Some Common Bond Makes The People Of All Lands Take To Negro Songs As Their Own.