"It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of…"

"History has thrown the colored man out. You look in vain to Bancroft and other historians for justice to the colored.…"

"Racial differences will fade away in the New World. Speak not of races. The drops of different seas are alike."

"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family. Black women die in chi…"

"Being black in America has little to do with skin color. Being black means that your heart, your soul, your mind, and…"

"Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit nature's claim; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and …"

"They have many capabilities which are as yet undeveloped. When once they are surrounded by the influence of Christian…"

"They appeared all to have made considerable progress in reading for the time they had respectively been in the school…"

"We do not even inquire whether a black man is a rebel in arms or not; if he is black, be he friend or foe, he is thou…"

"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."