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.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

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

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

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.

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

The only position for women in SNCC is prone.