The Streets And Alleys Of The Ward

At First Everyone Predicted That It Would Be Impossible To Hold These Divergent People Together, But Aside From The Skilled Men, Some Of Whom Belonged To Craft Unions, Comparatively Few Went Back To The Mills. And As A Whole, The Strike Was Conducted With Little Violence.

Did You Think You Could Have The Good Without The Evil? Did You Think You Could Have The Joy Without The Sorrow? . . . . I Have Been Thinking Much About Pain. How Could I Help It? . . . . Sooner Or Later, Regardless Of The Wit Of Man, We Have Pain To Face; A Reality; A Final Inescapable, Immutable Fact Of Life. What Poor Souls, If We Have Then No Philosophy To Face It With! This Pain Will Not Last; It Never Has Lasted. I'll Think About What I Am Going To Write Tomorrow-not About Me, Not About My Body.

And No Book Gives A Deeper Insight Into The Inner Life Of The Negro, His Struggles And His Aspirations, Than, The Souls Of Black Folk.

It Is Not Short Of Amazing, The Power Of A Great Idea To Weld Men Together. There Was In It A Peculiar, Intense, Vital Spirit If You Will, That I Have Never Felt Before In Any Strike.

A Few Years Ago No Hotel Or Restaurant In Boston Refused Negro Guests; Now Several Hotels, Restaurants, And Especially Confectionary Stores, Will Not Serve Negroes, Even The Best Of Them.