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Our Children Must Never Lose Their Zeal For Building A Better World.

If We Have The Courage And Tenacity Of Our Forebears, Who Stood Firmly Like A Rock Against The Lash Of Slavery, We Shall Find A Way To Do For Our Day What They Did For Theirs.

You White Folks Have Long Been Eating The White Meat Of The Chicken. We Negroes Are Now Ready For Some Of The White Meat Instead Of The Dark Meat.

What Does The Negro Want? His Answer Is Very Simple. He Wants Only What All Other Americans Want. He Wants Opportunity To Make Real What The Declaration Of Independence And The Constitution And The Bill Of Rights Say, What The Four Freedoms Establish. While He Knows These Ideals Are Open To No Man Completely, He Wants Only His Equal Chance To Obtain Them.

We Have A Powerful Potential In Our Youth, And We Must Have The Courage To Change Old Ideas And Practices So That We May Direct Their Power Toward Good Ends.