Knowledge Is The Prime Need Of The

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.

To Those Of You With Your Years Of Service Still Ahead, The Challenge Is Yours. Stop Doubting Yourselves. Have The Courage To Make Up Your Minds And Hold Your Decisions. Refuse To Be Bought For A Nickel, Or A Million Dollars, Or A Job!

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.

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.

The Whole World Opened To Me When I Learned To Read.