Sometimes Great Injustices May Be Inflicted On

The Course Of History Can Be Changed But Not Halted.

I Found A Special Eagerness Among The Younger, And I Am Sorry To Say, The More Intelligent Negroes, To Dismiss The Spiritual As Something Beneath Their New Pride In Their Race. It Is As If They Wanted To Put It Behind Them As Something To Be Ashamed Of.

Through My Singing And Acting And Speaking, I Want To Make Freedom Ring. Maybe I Can Touch People's Hearts Better Than I Can Their Minds, With The Common Struggle Of The Common Man.

Every Artist, Every Scientist, Must Decide Now Where He Stands. He Has No Alternative. There Is No Standing Above The Conflict On Olympian Heights. There Are No Impartial Observers. Through The Destruction, In Certain Countries, Of The Greatest Of Man's Literary Heritage, Through The Propagation Of False Ideas Of Racial And National Superiority, The Artist, The Scientist, The Writer Is Challenged. The Struggle Invades The Formerly Cloistered Halls Of Our Universities And Other Seats Of Learning. The Battlefront Is Everywhere. There Is No Sheltered Rear.

In All Spheres Of Modern Life The Influence Of Stalin Reaches Wide And Deep. From His Last Simply Written But Vastly Discerning And Comprehensive Document, Back Through The Years, His Contributions To The Science Of Our World Society Remain Invaluable. One Reverently Speaks Of Marx, Engels, Lenin And Stalin—the Shapers Of Humanity’s Richest Present And Future.