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1969-02-06 Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch of the NAACP Page 6

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"The purpose of Negro History Week is to promote the history of the Negro until it i no longer necessary." 
-Carter G. Woodson, PhD; Professor History and founder of the Association Study and Life of the Negro.

A NEGRO's PRATER FOR GOD's BLESSING ON THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA

Out of the centuries of bondage and pain
Throughout, out the depths of that, and shame
Through the bitterness of grief, 
God, Thy Hand has led us:

Long despised and vilely treated, 
In this land where Christians dwell
Still we trust Thee, God our father:
Lead us on, in spite of hell. 

Lead us onward, lead us upward;
Break the fetters of the mind;
Give us freedom... glorious freedom;
Banish hate and deeds unkind.

Lead us, lift our struggling millions, 
Till the world concedes us men, 
And as brothers, justly treats us, 
Fight out battle until then 

Bless the nations... every people.
Yellow, Brown and Black and White;
Bring the days of the world-wide justice,
Glorify the cause of right

-Anon

"... Everyone in the United States is now involved in the racial crisis. If there ever was an option on this subject, it has expired. The only real issue that remains is HOW one is involved: obstinately, stupidity, irrationally,... or with concern, intelligence and compassion. 
...That the crisis is acutely dramatized in the situation of the Negro citizen does not mean that if there were no Negroes in America, or if Negroes continued to acquiesce in their own humiliation and oppression, this nation would escape the reformation that history now forces upon it. The truth is, rather, that American Negroes have become the authentic pioneers of a reconstruction of American society, sorely, even pathetically, needed by all Americans and of which we will all be beneficiaries, should it come to pass.".....

William Stringfellow, DISSENTER IN A GREAT SOCIETY.

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-6- "The purpose of Negro History Week is to promote the history of the Negro until it i no longer necessary." -Carter G. Woodson, PhD; Professor History and founder of the Association Study and Life of the Negro. A NEGRO's PRATER FOR GOD's BLESSING ON THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA Out of the centuries of bondage and pain Throughout, out the depths of that, and shame Through the bitterness of grief, God, Thy Hand has led us: Long despised and vilely treated, In this land where Christians dwell Still we trust Thee, God our father: Lead us on, in spite of hell. Lead us onward, lead us upward; Break the fetters of the mind; Give us freedom... glorious freedom; Banish hate and deeds unkind. Lead us, lift our struggling millions, Till the world concedes us men, And as brothers, justly treats us, Fight out battle until then Bless the nations... every people. Yellow, Brown and Black and White; Bring the days of the world-wide justice, Glorify the cause of right -Anon "... Everyone in the United States is now involved in the racial crisis. If there ever was an option on this subject, it has expired. The only real issue that remains is HOW one is involved: obstinately, stupidity, irrationally,... or with concern, intelligence and compassion. ...That the crisis is acutely dramatized in the situation of the Negro citizen does not mean that if there were no Negroes in America, or if Negroes continued to acquiesce in their own humiliation and oppression, this nation would escape the reformation that history now forces upon it. The truth is, rather, that American Negroes have become the authentic pioneers of a reconstruction of American society, sorely, even pathetically, needed by all Americans and of which we will all be beneficiaries, should it come to pass."..... William Stringfellow, DISSENTER IN A GREAT SOCIETY.