He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age.
“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
“We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.”