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

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

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

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

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

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.

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