You know I'm not hung up on this liberating myself from the "black" man - I'm not going to try that thing.

You can tell this by the program the federal government had to train 2,400 tractor drivers. They would have trained Negro and white together, but this man, Congressman Jamie Whitten, voted against it and everything that was decent. So, we've got to have somebody in Washington who is concerned about the people of Mississippi.

I believe in Christianity because the Scriptures said: "The things that have been done in the dark will be known on the house tops."

We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black people... The question for black people is not, when is the white man going to give us our rights, or when is he going to give us good education for our children, or when is he going to give us jobs-if the white man gives you anything-just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.

That's why I believe in Christianity because the Scriptures said: "The things that have been done in the dark will be known on the house tops."

When I liberate others, I liberate myself.

We serve God by serving our fellow man; kids are suffering from malnutrition. People are going to the fields hungry. If you are a Christian, we are tired of being mistreated.