Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life.
Source: During World War II; in Words to Make My Dream Children Live, by Deirdre Mullane, 1995.
-- Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, (Jan 12 1890-1976), US educator, university president; He was president of Howard University for more than three decades; awarded the Spingarn Medal of the NAACP, 1928.