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Greetings My Fellow Alumni,
As we come to an end of celebrating Black History Month and recognize how African American culture has profoundly shaped American culture- in music and art, literature and sports, business and politics. One of the greatest speeches ever by Mary McLeod Bethune comes to mind:
I LEAVE YOU LOVE: Love builds. It is positive and helpful. It is more beneficial than hate.
I LEAVE YOU HOPE: The Negro’s growth will be great in the yeas to come.
I LEAVE YOU THE CHALLENGE OF DEVELOPING CONFIDENCE IN ONE ANOTHER. As long as Negroes are hemmed into racial blocs by prejudice and pressure, it will be necessary for them to band together for economic betterment.
I LEAVE YOU A THIRST FOR EDUCATION: Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
I LEAVE YOU RESPECT FOR THE USES OF POWER: We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, Can lead to more freedom.
I LEAVE YOU FAITH: Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without faith nothing is possible. With it nothing is impossible.
I LEAVE YOU RACIAL DIGNITY: I want Negroes to maintain their human dignity at all costs.
I LEAVE YOU A DESIRE TO LIVE HARMONIOUSLY WITH YOUR FELLOW MEN: The problem of color is worldwide
I LEAVE YOU FINALLY A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE: The world around us really belongs to youth for youth will take over its future management our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world. The Freedom Gates are half-ajar. We must pry them fully open.
Genesis:12-2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 1 John 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: we should love one another.
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