For fifty years we who, pro and con, have discussed the Negro Problem, have been skulking behind a phrase — “Social Equality.” Today President Harding’s speech, like sudden thunder in
I am profoundly sensible of the honor you have done me in asking me to address you. You are engaged in the fundamental work of self—government; you are engaged in
Modern liberalism, it has been observed so far, has lost sight of the two great presuppositions of the Christian message—the living God, and the fact of sin. The liberal doctrine
I am resolved in this New Year to play the man — to stand straight, look the world squarely in the eye, and walk to my work with no shuffle
W.E.B. Du Bois, “Conservation of the Races,” in The American Negro: His History and Literature, The American Negro Academy Occasional Papers 1–22, ed. William Loren Katz (Arno Press and the New
Sir: By an unprecedented vote you have been called to the most powerful position in the gift of mankind. Of the more than hundred million human beings whose destiny rests
Some good friends of the cause we represent fear agitation. They say: “Do not agitate—do not make a noise; work.” They add, “Agitation is destructive or at best negative—what is
The object of this publication is to set forth those facts and arguments which show the danger of race prejudice, particularly as manifested to—day toward colored people. It takes its
Sir: On the occasion of your inauguration as President of the United States, The Crisis took the liberty of addressing to you an open letter. The Crisis spoke for no
From the shimmering swirl of waters where many, many thoughts ago the slave-ship first saw the square tower of Jamestown, have flowed down to our day three streams of thinking: one
