There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.

Money is the medium of exchange, and it's how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic crap.

To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn't want to give a long dissertation.

The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.

We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist jive politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.

My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.