On Being Black and American
Sir: As I finish my four years of study at the University of Michiganknowing well what it is to be black in a white worldyour 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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