In the African matrilineal society, the lineage of the bloodline comes down through the female side. The Arabs who invaded East Africa and other parts of Africa reversed it to the patrilineal where everything comes down through the male side and the woman has no basic rights except that which the male is willing to grant her.

You walk out in the street, we don't know if we're going to get across. It's a test.

Man's most intelligent age may have gotten lost in history.

The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact.

If you don't like the situation, if you are afraid and can't deal with it, nothing wrong with your legs, get out of there.

I think many times we charge the Lord for things we can do ourselves. If only we realized how well we have been equipped.

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