Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.

The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!

There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.