A Closer Look at the Ties Between Indians and African-Americans

“virtually every door was open to us. We had hundreds of invitations that the limited time did not allow us to accept. We were looked upon as brothers with the color of our skins as something of an asset”.

“it may be through African-Americans that the unadulterated message of nonviolence will be delivered to the world”.

“It makes no difference. I am a colored woman obviously and it is unnecessary for you to disturb me for I have no intention of moving from here”.

“Legal distinctions and discriminations are mostly confined to the South, but race prejudice is to be found practically throughout the United States. Negroes are excluded from hotels, Young Women’s Christian Associations, Young Men’s Christian Associations, theatres, saloons and are even refused interment in white cemeteries in some cases in direct violation of local laws. In the absence of legal regulations, public sentiment results in the Negro attending separate churches and registering at separate hotels, confines him to special seats in the theatres, segregates him in cities and even in country places and tends to keep him apart from white people in all relations of life. The Negro is the pariah of the US”.