Most of those Negroes have been given those jobs by the white political machine, and they serve no other function other than to, as window dressing.

The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men's thinking about themselves.

We would do the same thing that America did when the Jap[an] - when, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. America defended itself. They said praise the Lord, but they passed the ammunition.

Better jobs and housing are only temporary solutions. They are aspects of tokenism and don't go to the heart of the problem.

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

You don't disarm any white community by confining yourself to any particular method. If you want freedom, then you should get freedom like Patrick Henry said, by whatever method is necessary.

The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more.