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It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down.


Jack Johnson


#continue #course #crime #determination #down

Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience.


James Weldon Johnson


#congregation #emotions #experience #fervor #heard

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.


James Weldon Johnson


#american music #blues #called #character #derives

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.


James Weldon Johnson


#always #appearance #especially #good #guest

My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow workmen to settle my room rent and pay for my meals.


James Weldon Johnson


#borrow #dollars #fellow #fifty #gambling

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.


James Weldon Johnson


#assist #charity #elevation #his #justice

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.


James Weldon Johnson


#being #classed #even #first #fought