So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.