GIDEON BANDS FOR WORK WITHIN THE RACE AND FOR WORK WITHOUT IT. GIDEON BANDS FOR WORK WITHIN THE RACE A Message to the Colored People A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE FIFTEENTH STREET “BETTER NOT LIVE AT ALL THAN NOT BE NOBLE.” “UNLESS ABOVE HIMSELF HE CAN ERECT HIMSELF, HOW POOR A THING IS MAN!” “FOR FREEDOM’S BATTLE ONCE BEGUN, BEQUEATH’D BY BLEEDING SIRE TO SON, THOUGH BAFFLED OFT IS EVER WON.” “EVERY BONDMAN IN HIS OWN HAND BEARS THE POWER TO CANCEL HIS CAPTIVITY.” |