There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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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.
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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we’d be hard put to distinguish them.
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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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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
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