Abstract

What the Negro Hopes For

What the Negro hopes for in the post-war world is simple and obvious. His hopes may be summed up in a phrase-full equality. In this, the race is united as never before. Indeed, the attainment of that goal is today more than a mere hope. It is now the grim determination of all elements within the race. Negroes must have the right to work, to be upgraded, to occupy any position for which they may be individually qualified by training, experience, and skill. In the field of politics, the Negro expects those political rights guaranteed to every American by the Constitution. Denial of political rights imposes a status of second-class citizenship, which the Negro is no longer willing to accept. Finally, and urgently, they must have equal educational opportunity. Their children must have facilities and instruction equal to those offered to other children of the U.S.