My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.

If integration will get [black man] that [respect as the human being], all right. If segregation will get him that, all right. If separation will get him that, all right.But after he gets integration and he still doesn't have this dignity and this recognition as a human being, then his problem is still not solved.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation.

The prison systems in this country actually are exploitative and they are not in any way rehabilitative.

Even as a Muslim minister in the Muslim movement, I have always said that I would work with any organization.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.