Martin Delany

Martin Delany
Martin Robison Delanywas an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism. He was one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School...
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If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.
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Every people should be originators of their own destiny.
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Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.
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Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.