"We Know our Rights"
In pointing you to the field, I do not do so
as one who believes that the Negro must rise
at the expense of the Southern white man, for
whatever his wrongs to us he is our neighbor,
and the Divine command, "Love thy neighbor
as thyself," is broad enough to include him
with all his shortcomings; and whenever, by
word or act, we can benefit him, let us not
withhold our help, but at the same time and
under all circumstances show him that "we
know our rights, and dare maintain them."
The South as an Opening for a Career.
