"The forward surge of the Negro people is the most distinctive and progressive feature of Southern politics."

"How, then, should American literature deal with these people, crushed for centuries beneath an insufferable weight of…"

"Much of what Negroes fight for today is not to gain new ground but to restore positions once dearly won and foully ta…"

"Occasionally speaking of Black people generally, in conversation with the still youthful Lorraine Hansberry: "They ar…"

"From one end of the South to the other law and order have broken down. A public climate has been created in which a N…"

"It is worth noting that if Emmett Till had been a Mississippi farm boy instead of a Chicago lad on vacation in Missis…"

"[An] altogether commanding personality... His voice was very deep and his language struck my senses immediately with …"

"Above all none can forget his honesty and utter sacrifice."

"[Burnham was] one of the loveliest human beings I've ever met... A rich cultural apostle who swam in music, poetry, a…"

"A man touched with grace, easy to be with and reassuring. In his writings, lectures, and conversation, he never disse…"