I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache, and let the world take me for what it would; that it was not necessary for me to go about with a label of inferiority pasted across my forehead.


The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson: Social, political, and literary essays (ed. Oxford University Press on Demand, 1995) - ISBN: 9780195076455

James Weldon Johnson Quotes

I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache,...

I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache,...

I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache,...

I finally made up my mind that I would neither disclaim the black race nor claim the white race; but that I would change my name, raise a mustache,...