Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly corrupt and enmeshed in evil that there is no possibility of salvation from within.

Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.

To be Negro in America is to hope against hope.

Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.

I think in this phase, after the Negro emerges in and from the desegregated society, then a great deal of time must be spent in improving standards which lag behind to a large extent because of segregation,discrimination, and the legacy of slavery.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.