Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them to fight our battles.
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The individual college youth cannot wait forever until the problem of his education is decided.Charles Hamilton Houston
The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.
Charles Hamilton Houston
Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race.
Charles Hamilton Houston
We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.
Charles Hamilton Houston
The American color bar unless speedily removed will be the rock on which our international Good Neighbor policy and our pious claims to moral leadership will founder.
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