We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him.

If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men.

When you cut facilities, slash jobs, abuse power, discriminate, drive people into deeper poverty & shoot people dead whilst refusing to provide answers or justice, the people will rise up & express their anger & frustration if you refuse to hear their cries. A riot is the language of the unheard.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.