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

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

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

I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary.

Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.

The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.

We were like heroes, to stand there and observe the police, and the police were scared to move upon us.