[cripplecreek]

Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Liberty

“All I ask is, give him (the Negro) a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone . … If you see him going into a workshop, just let him alone — your interference is doing him a positive injury.” Thus spoke Frederick Douglass 140 years ago, at the end of the Civil War.

Douglass, in his 1865 speech, stressed this desire for liberty alone. A former slave himself, Douglass shunned special privileges. “Everybody has asked the question, … ‘What shall we do with the Negro?’ I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us!”

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

I'm a bit pressed for time. I've got a business to run, so I can't look it up right now. But a recent grad from Hillsdale called in to Paul W. and told about how several generals and (I think) four black colleges were spawned from Hillsdale grads after the Civil War.

It would be very interesting to see the transcript of what Mr. Arnn actually said.

I know this racist / offensive claim was in this mornings 2 main Detroit papers, MLive, WJR & WXYZ