When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith. — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials… — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back… — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon… — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative. — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it. — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators… — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for… — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Copy Share Image
