I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.

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

If people do not know where they have been and what they have been they don't know what they are. They don't know where they going to have to go or where they still have to be.

Malcolm X found the language that communicated across the board, from college professor to floor sweeper, all at the same time, without demeaning the intellect of either.

Clowns don't build institutions, nor do boxers.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

This kind of collective society - giving to each according to his need - existed in Africa not only before Karl Marx, but also before Europe.