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HEALTH > physician, activist, novelist > Martin Delany
Let us have...
Vendor: HEALTH
Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .
Source: The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States, Politically Considered, 1852.
-- Martin Delany, (May 6 1812-1885), US physician, activist, novelist; The father of black nationalism served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was active in Southern politics during Reconstruction.