It Doesn't Have To Glitter To Be

We Blacks Look For Leadership In Men And Women Of Such Youth And Inexperience, As Well As Poverty Of Education And Character, That It Is No Wonder That We Sometimes Seem Rudderless.... We See Basketball Players And Pop Singers As Possible Role Models, When Nothing Could Be Further, In Most Cases, From Their Capacities.

My Humanity, In Common With All Of God's Children, Gives The Greatest Flight To My Full Range Of My Possibilities.

I Wish More Of Us Could Understand That Our Increasing Isolation, No Matter How Much It Seems To Express Pride And Self-affirmation, Is Not The Answer To Our Problems. Rather, The Answer Is A Revival Of Our Ancient Commitment To God, Who Rules Over All The Peoples Of The World And Exalts No One Over Any Other, And To The Moral And Spiritual Values Which Were Once Legendary In America. We Must Reach Out Our Hand In Friendship Both To Those Who Would Befriend Us And Those Who Would Be Our Enemy.

I Keep Sailing On In This Middle Passage. I Am Sailing Into The Wind And The Dark. But I Am Doing My Best To Keep My Boat Steady And My Sails Full.

There Is A Terrific Apprehension Among Some People That Blacks Will Take Over The Sport... It Will Create Problems Because Their Behavior, Speech And Dress Is Just A Completely Different Culture.