W.E.B. Du Bois: “Stand forth, unveil Thy Face, Pour down the light That seethes above Thy Throne, And blaze this devil's dance to…”

Such an assumption is the arrogance of peoples irreverent toward Time and ignorant of the deeds of men.

Let the ears of a guilty people tingle with truth, and seventy millions sigh for the righteousness which exalteth nations, in this drear day when human brotherhood is mockery and a snare.

Would America have been America without her Negro people?

Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warning have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood.