Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me

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

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.