文档介绍：Lesson 1
Vocabulary
1. Manhood: the state of being human
2. White lie: harmless or trivial lie
esp． one told in order to avoid hurting sb．
，
black sheep ： person regarded as a disgrace or a failure by other members of his family or group
4.
To upset:
to
defeat
5.
Affirmation:
stating
sth ． as truth
firmly
and forcefully
6.
To strain:
to
make
the greatest
possible
effort
7.
Off base : mistaken
8.
(a) want (of) :
lack
of
9.
Ringing cry:
rallying
call
Paragraph
The job of arousing manhood within a people that have been taught for so many centuries that they are nobody is not easy.
It is no easy job to educate a people who have been told over centuries that they
were inferior and of no importance to see that they are humans, the same as any other people.
2. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.
If you break the mental shackles imposed on you by white supremacists, if you really respect yourself, thinking that you are a Man, equal to anyone else, you will be
able to take part in the struggle against racial discrimination.
The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being and signs with the pen and ink of assertive manhood his own emancipation proclamation.
The liberation of mind can only be achieved by the Negro himself/herself. a negro is fully convinced that he/she is a Man/Womanand is not inferior else, can he/she throw off the manacles of self-abnegation and become free.
Only when
to anyone
Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
Power in its best form of function is the carrying out of the demands of justice with love and justice in the best form of function is the overcoming of everything standi