I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.

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

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.