Letters: Apr. 27, 1970

On Being Black and American

Sir: As I finish my four years of study at the University of Michigan—knowing well what it is to be black in a white world—your special issue [April 6] comes as no less than a revelation. As I read your articles, the only comment that came to my mind was: "This is beautiful, man, just beautiful."

We Americans should take a lesson from the ancient Romans, for when they discovered that most of their problems were internal, it was too late to save their mighty empire.

HERMAN E. WEST

Ann Arbor,...

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