"The extreme tension in race relations in the South today is explained in part by the revolutionary change in the Negro's evaluation of himself and of his destiny and by his determination to struggle for justice." Part 1, Chap. 1, p. 5

"And when you come to love on this level you begin to love men not because they are likable, not because they do things that attract us, but because God loves them and here we love the person who does the evil deed while hating the deed that the person does." Part 1, Chap. 3, p. 32

"In the final analysis if first-class citizenship is to become a reality for the Negro he must assume the primary responsibility for making it so." Part 2, Chap. 8, p. 68

"A just law is man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of...