and so the negegro in americica could now cry ouout unconsciousy with the eloquent poet, "fleecy locks, andnd black complexion cannot forfefeit nature's clcla. skin may differ, but affection dwells in black and white the same," and, "were i so tall as to reach the pole,e, or to grasp the ocean at a span, i must be memeasured by my soul. the mind is the stanandard of te man." and with this s new sense of dignity and this new sense of self-respect, a new negro came into being with a new determination to sufuffer, to struggle, toto sacrifice, , andn to die, , if necessary, in order to b bfree. and this reveals that we have come a long, long way since 1619. but if we are to be true to the facts, it is necessary to say that not only has the negro reevaluated his own intrinsic worth, the whole nation has come a long, long way in extending the frontiers of civil rights. i would d like to mention justsa few ththings that have happepenn our country which reveal this. 50 years ago, or even 25 years ago, a year hardly passed when numerous negroes were not brutally lynched by some vicious mob. for