Atlanta Metropolitan State College - Genesis Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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professes to be ouls of men and is . the slums that nomic conditions nd the social con- em is a spiritually in need of new POLITICS One of the chief weapons of the Ne- gro is the ballot. None of these other things means much unless we also get the power of the ballot. STRUGGLE We know from painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demand- ed by the oppressed. When I say love those who oppose you I am not speaking of love in a sen- The Negro cannot win... if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety. oppressors in an affectionate sense. mean understanding good will. timental or affectionate sense. It would be nonsense to urge men to love their When I refer to love at this point I