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When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When ...more

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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.

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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

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The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of m...more

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The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs from his country's ...more

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It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought ...more

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Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take the punishment meted ...more

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People whose history and future were threatened each day by extinction considered that it was only by divine intervention that they were able to live ...more

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Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society where wealth is adored and sought ...more