Quote#Politics & Power
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free…
Quote byBenjamin Harrison · 1833–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: First State of the Union Address (1889).
English (original)
When and under what conditions is the black man to have a free ballot? When is he in fact to have those full civil rights which have so long been his in law? When is that equality of influence which our form of government was intended to secure to the electors to be restored? This generation should courageously face these grave questions, and not leave them as a heritage of woe to the next.
— Benjamin Harrison
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