“I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.” KnowsWritingMindMadeMatterReadingDifferencesWhiteLettersFolksReading And Writing Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
“You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.” LongDarkWhiteReadyEatingFolksMeatPatriotismChickens Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
“Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.” MenDoneBlackWhiteWhite Man Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
“When they learn of Shakespeare and Goethe, we must teach them of Pushkin and Dumas. . . . Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.” MenDoneWhiteTeachLearningWhite ManPushkin Author:Mary McLeod Bethune
