My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times.


Quoted in Merle Armitage Accent on America (New York: E. Weyhe, 1944) p. 292.


My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times.

My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times.

My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times.

My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times.