With no specific procedure, man arrived at sweeping conclusions about the universe that have proven to be true.

I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.

There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no action.

I will only debate with my equals. All others I teach.

Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind.

Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.