. ▁On ▁July ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁stir ring ▁speech ▁on ▁" R ace ▁Unity " ▁at ▁the ▁Charles ▁Street ▁A . ▁M . ▁E . ▁Church ▁in ▁Boston , ▁before ▁a ▁large ▁gather ing ▁of ▁the ▁Col ored ▁National ▁League . ▁The ▁other ▁speak ers ▁were ▁Mark ▁R . ▁De M ort ie , ▁Car rie ▁Washington , ▁and ▁the ▁abol ition ist ▁John ▁J . ▁Smith . ▁In ▁Morgan ' s ▁speech , ▁he ▁str essed ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁education , ▁as ser ting ▁that ▁African ▁Americans ▁" should ▁be ▁given ▁every ▁chance ▁of ▁cultiv ating ▁heart ▁and ▁head " ▁and ▁ur ging ▁listen ers ▁to ▁save ▁their ▁money ▁and ▁send ▁their ▁sons ▁to ▁college . ▁He ▁also ▁declared ▁his ▁pride ▁in ▁his ▁ancest ry ▁in ▁no ▁uncertain ▁terms : ▁ ▁I ▁am ▁glad ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁negro ▁and ▁I ▁mean ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁my ▁heart . ▁ ▁I ▁mean ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁negro . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁my ▁heart ▁is ▁written ▁negro ... If ▁any ▁of ▁you ▁are ▁ash amed ▁of ▁your ▁blood ▁it ▁is ▁cow ard ice . ▁ ▁As ▁an ▁att orney , ▁Morgan ▁handled ▁many ▁civil ▁rights ▁cases . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁with ▁his ▁good ▁friend ▁Butler ▁R . ▁Wilson , ▁Morgan ▁tried ▁to ▁fight ▁the ▁extr ad ition ▁of ▁a ▁black ▁factory ▁worker ▁named ▁Mon roe ▁Rog ers ▁to ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁likely ▁to ▁be