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> [Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever… Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/here-at-this-final-hour-harlem-has-come-to-bid-farewell-to-one-of-its/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

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## More by Ossie Davis

> [Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/here-at-this-final-hour-harlem-has-come-to-bid-farewell-to-one-of-its/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/struggle-is-strengthening-battling-with-evil-gives-us-the-power-to/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/i-find-in-being-black-a-thing-of-beauty-a-joy-a-strength-a-secret-cup/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/there-is-no-secret-to-a-long-marriage-it-s-hard-work-it-s-serious/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [“... Harlem was home; was where we belonged; where we knew and were known in return; where we felt most alive; where, if need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/harlem-was-home-was-where-we-belonged-where-we-knew-and-were-known-in/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/it-was-a-lifetime-occupation-that-kept-us-too-busy-to-stop-and-ask-if/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/one-of-the-things-i-appreciate-more-was-how-important-struggle-was-as/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/college-ain-t-so-much-where-you-been-as-how-you-talk-when-you-get-back/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [If we can reach in wih the art and touch the imagination of the child, no matter who, we have affected that child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/if-we-can-reach-in-wih-the-art-and-touch-the-imagination-of-the-child/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/any-form-of-art-is-a-form-of-power-it-has-impact-it-can-affect-change/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [Any form of art is a form of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/any-form-of-art-is-a-form-of-power/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/it-is-necessary-to-stay-on-the-march-to-be-on-the-journey-to-work-for/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

> [We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/we-can-t-float-through-life-we-can-t-be-incidental-or-accidental-we/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

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