Any group, any group that can't work with all other groups, if they are genuinely interested in solving the problems of the Negro collectively why, I don't think that that group is really sincerely motivated toward reaching a solution.

I was with Essien Udom in Nigeria.

They're not leading our people toward any kind of independence, but they're using their positions and their education and their talent to exploit our people worse than the slave master did during slavery.

What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.

Solve the race problem here, and once you solve the race problem here, you don't have to send these billions of dollars abroad.

It takes heart to be a guerrilla warrior because you’re on your own. In conventional warfare you have tanks and a whole lot of other people with you to back you up - planes over your head and all that kind of stuff. But a guerrilla is on his own. All you have is a rifle, some sneakers and a bowl of rice, and that’s all you need - and a lot of heart.

The problem [ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations.