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We are an element of strength and wealth too powerful to be ignored by the American People. All we need is a just appreciation of our own power and our own manhood.
Source: Address to the Convention of Colored Newspaper Men, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug 1875.
-- P B S Pinchback, ( 1837-1921), US politican; He held a number of offices in Louisiana before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1872, but was denied his seat by a vote of his colleagues.