Matter Quotes

My job is to be the constructive awakener of the black masses of the world so them know themself and others know what black people suppose to be and where.

I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.

You are never too old to have a revelation.

Fighting for equality is a celebration of independence. Fighting for black lives is a celebration of independence.

What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.

Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.

Minimalism is clearing your mind of attachments and focusing on what matters most.

Black people will never be free unless black women participate in every aspect of our struggle, on every level of our struggle.

Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.