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

The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.

I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.

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

I am not a hoodlum. I'm a community organizer.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.