The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do?
You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun.
I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on.
All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.
I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.
