Black Men, You Were Once Great; You

Chance Has Never Yet Satisfied The Hope Of A Suffering People. Action, Self-reliance, The Vision Of Self And The Future Have Been The Only Means By Which The Oppressed Have Seen And Realized The Light Of Their Own Freedom.

If We As A People Realized The Greatness From Which We Came We Would Be Less Likely To Disrespect Ourselves.

History Teaches Us No Race, No People, No Nation Has Ever Been Freed Through Cowardice, Through Cringing, Through Bowing And Scraping, But All That Has Been Achieved To The Glory Of Mankind, To The Glory And Honour Of Races And Nations Was Through The Manly Determination And Effort Of Those Who Lead And Those Who Are Led.

Rise Up Black Men, And Take Your Stand. Reach Up Black Men And Women And Pull All Nature’s Knowledge To You. Turn Ye Around And Make A Conquest Of Everything North And South, East And West. And Then We You Have Wrought Well, You Will Have Merited God's Blessing, You Will Become God's Chosen People And Naturally You'll Become Leaders Of The World.

To Have Built Up A New Organization, Which Was Not Purely Political, Among Negroes In America Was A Wonderful Feat, For The Negro Politician Does Not Allow Any Other Kind Of Organization Within His Race To Thrive.