Carl T. Rowan — American Journalist born on August 11, 1925, died on September 23, 2000

Carl Thomas Rowan was an American government official, journalist and author... (wikipedia)

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.
It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.