I believe it to be a fact that the colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.
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The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.
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As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.
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