We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times.