We jumped into the protest of Vietnam before the Black Panther Party ever started, before the Black Panther Party was even thought of. In fact, it was late 1965 and 1966 that the anti-Vietnam War, anti-draft to the Vietnam War protest started at University of California, Berkeley.

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

A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.

The Black Panther Party were not revenge nationalists.

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.

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.