Im not exactly sure yet, but as I was reading, your post made me think of this passage, "He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of

white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a

Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly

in his face" It's near the beginning on page 897

mmmm.