I Tell Younger Writers That Indeed It

Brown People Wouldn't Speak To Someone Who Was Black.

I Acknowledge Immense Debt To The Griots [tribal Poets] Of Africa - Where Today It Is Rightly Said That When A Griot Dies, It Is As If A Library Has Burned To The Ground.

I Certainly Wasn't Seeking Any Degree, The Way A College Confers A Status Symbol Upon Its Students. My Homemade Education Gave Me, With Every Additional Book That I Read, A Little Bit More Sensitivity To The Deafness, Dumbness And Blindness That Was Afflicting The Black Race In America. Not Long Ago, An English Writer Telephoned Me, Asking Questions. One Was, "what's Your Alma Mater?" I Told Him, "books.

Racism And Hatred Are Synonymous.

I Know That Statistically, It Has Been Proven That There Is A Tremendous Amount Of Black On Black Crime Within The Inner Cities.