Most of the negro leaders who get the support of the power structure end up being against [Reverend] Galamison.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.

Essien Udom is a Nigerian. At present he's a professor at Ibadan University.

If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem.

By explaining the difference between segregation and separation. Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals. If I have children and they live in my house, I care for them, they're dependent upon me. And their dependence upon me puts me in a position to regulate their lives, control their lives, tell them where to go, where they can't go. That's a form of segregation.

It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.