John Edward Bruce

John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit or J. E. Bruce-Grit (February 22, 1856 – August 7, 1924), was an American journalist, historian, writer, orator, civil rights activist and Pan-African nationalist. He was born a slave in Maryland; as an adult, he founded numerous newspapers along the East Coast, as well as co-founding (with Arthur Alfonso Schomburg) the Negro Society for Historical Research in New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Edward_Bruce&action=edit Quotes Agitation is a good thing, organization is a better thing... Organized resistance to organized resistance is the best remedy for the solution of the vexed problem of the century..."https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/1889-john-e-bruce-organized-resistance-our-best-remedy/?hl=en-US#:~:text=By%20a%20vigorous%20adherence%20to%20this%20course,for%20your%20careful%20consideration.%20About%20the%20Author. If they burn our houses, burn theirs, if they kill our wives and children, kill theirs, pursue them relentlessly, meet force with force everywhere it is offered. If they demand blood, exchange it with them, until they are satiated.https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/1889-john-e-bruce-organized-resistance-our-best-remedy/?hl=en-US The man who will not fight for the protection of his wife and children is a coward and deserves to be ill treated. The man who takes his life in his hand and stands up for what he knows to be right will always command the respect of his enemy.https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/1889-john-e-bruce-organized-resistance-our-best-remedy/?hl=en-US Go to the Public Library and read 'Timbuctoo the Mysterious'... 'Volney's Ruins of Empire,' Ludolph's 'History of Abyssinia,' and the Father of all History, 'Herodotus,' and your opinion of Negro civilization, culture, and leadership will undergo a metamorphosis.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622832-the-making-of-a-race?hl=en-US#:~:text=.%20Go%20to%20the%20Public%20Library%20and,culture%2C%20and%20leadership%20will%20undergo%20a%20metamorphosis.%22 "...the more extensive their knowledge of Race achievement, past and present, the greater their respect for their Race..."https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50622832-the-making-of-a-race?hl=en-US#:~:text=%22It%20is%20knowledge%20that%20is%20easily%20obtainable,the%20greater%20their%20respect%20for%20their%20Race "I shall endeavor to show tonight why the colored American should emigrate to Africa first, because Africa is his fatherland; secondly, because, before the war, in the South he was a slave, and in the North, a victim of prejudice and ostracism; and thirdly, because... he is only nominally free."https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/1877-john-e-bruce-reasons-why-colored-american-should-go-africa/?hl=en-US&__cf_chl_rt_tk=dY81MT7epUC7zmhXaON..niQFbFg4Jd4n2WZQXGJ6tg-1785677253-1.0.1.1-yFXoYlHvpwEfLQzZvSNfq__MQXRQyGVQbZc13mJ4b2c References