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The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.

The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.

Roy Wilkins
Success, Sweet, Disappointment

Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.

Roy Wilkins
Fighting, Ornery, Should

Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular.

Roy Wilkins
Smart, Anger, Rage

Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back

Roy Wilkins
Black History, Way, Civil Rights

President Eisenhower was a fine general and a good, decent man, but if he had fought World War II the way he fought for civil rights, we would all be speaking German now.

Roy Wilkins
War, Men, Rights

Nothing is more important than a good education.

Roy Wilkins
Important, Importance, Good Education
Roy Wilkins, Tom Mathews (1982). “Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins”, Viking Adult

. . . first in myth, later in reality, passion and violence watered my root soil.

Roy Wilkins
Passion, Reality, Roots
Roy Wilkins, Tom Mathews (1982). “Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins”, Viking Adult

It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children.

Roy Wilkins
Children, White, Supremacy

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