My Grandfather, In 1848, Had Fled From

I Had Advocated The Establishment Of A Negro Industrial Commission. I Had Gestured Against The Growth Of Monopoly Power. I Had Introduced A Few Civil Rights Bills.

Communism Which Feeds On Aggression, Hatred, And The Imprisonment Of Men's Minds And Souls Shall Not Take Root In The United States.

In March Of 1933 We Witnessed A Revolution In Manner, In Mores, In The Definition Of Government. What Before Had Been Black Or White Sprang Alive With Color.

I Had Taken On The Color Of The Climate Around Me And Had Driven Back All The Emotion That Rose From The Brooklyn Streets So That I Could Belong To The Exclusive Club Of Congress.

On The One Hand We Publicly Pronounce The Equality Of All Peoples; On The Other Hand, In Our Immigration Laws, We Embrace In Practice These Very Theories We Abhor And Verbally Condemn.