Revolution Quote by W.E.B. Du Bois

“The opposition to Negro education in the South was at first bitter, and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood; for the South believed…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“The South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro. And the South was not wholly wrong; for education among all kinds of…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“Stubborn breaks when it don’t bend, and his family had spent too much time with the kindly white folks in the north. Kindly in…

— Colson Whitehead

“Today even the attitude of the Southern whites toward the blacks is not, as so many assume, in all cases the same; the ignorant…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“Even to-day the masses of the Negroes see all too clearly the anomalies of their position and the moral crookedness of yours. You may…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“The happiness of the South was very formidable. It was an almost invincible happiness. It defied you to call it anything else. Everyone was…

— Walker Percy

“Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates. Thus, it…

— Trevor P. Wardlaw

“The growing spirit of kindliness and reconciliation between the North and South after the frightful differences of a generation ago ought to be a…

— W.E.B. DuBois

“Not a single Southern legislature stood ready to admit a Negro, under any conditions, to the polls; not a single Southern legislature believed free…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“The negro’s story may have started in this country with degradation, but triumph and prosperity would be his one day.”

— Colson Whitehead