The white man will keep on granting tokenism; a few big Negroes will get big jobs, but the black masses will catch hell as long as they stay in the white man's house.

I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being - neither white, black, brown, or red.

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.

Wyatt [ Walker] doesn't say that as much as Whitney Young does.

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.