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In order for us and our families to withstand the pressures of the world, we must be filled with light and gospel truth.

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James Weldon Johnson

This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image.

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The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

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Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

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