It is not a case of our people...wanting either separation or integration. The use of these words actually clouds the real picture. The 22 million Afro-Americans don't seek either separation or integration. They seek recognition and respect as human beings.

Men who are proud of being black marry black women; women who are proud of being black marry black men.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

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

You have a race problem that must be solved, or else you will alienate every non-white person on this earth within the next few years, or within the next few months.

That's not a chip on my shoulder, that's your foot on my neck.

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?