Monday, March 19, 2007

Vernon Johns



". . . the Big Negro should do a little more than congratulate himself upon escape from the ranks and expect the little fellows to applaud his bigness. Honor is due not to those who COULD help us, but to those who DO help us."

-Vernon Johns

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