The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.


Speech delivered in Birmingham, Alabama, quoted in the Christian Science Monitor, 27 October 1921, p. 2.

Warren G. Harding Quotes

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.