Excerpt from Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. 61: April, 1961 To return to my naive approach: I can remember, as though it were yesterday, my first contact with a black man. It is, indeed, one of my earliest recollections. My father and mother were entertaining the members of the Tuskegee Quar tet in our home - certam over 65 years ago. Up to that mo ment, I had never seen a black man. When I was introduced and shook hands, I looked at my hands to see if any of the black had come Off. It was a moment of chagrin for my par ents; the situation was saved by the sense of humor of the singer, who smiled broadly and said: Look again, it won't come off. That was my first introduction to the social mixing of the races. As you see, it made an indelible impression upon me. So when any person, white, or black, or brown, or red, or yellow, or any shade in between, is denied the equality with which he was born, I am outraged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.