W. E. B. Du Bois

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving…

One ever feels his twoness – an American, a Negro two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled…

But what of black women?… I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women…

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us…

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls…

An American, a Negro… two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in…