What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan

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

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

The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power

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