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

A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.... the black communities of America must rise up as one man to halt the progression of a trend that leads inevitably to their total destruction.

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

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

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.

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