I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.
“I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.”
“The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.”