An Organization Which Claims To Speak For

Integration Is A Man's Ability To Want To Move In There By Himself. If Someone Wants To Live In A White Neighborhood And He Is Black, That Is His Choice. It Should Be His Rights. It Is Not Because White People Will Not Allow Him.

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

If A White Man Wants To Lynch Me, That’s His Problem. If He’s Got The Power To Lynch Me, That’s My Problem. Racism Is Not A Question Of Attitude; It’s A Question Of Power.

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 Had No More Courage Than Harriet Tubman Or Marcus Garvey Had In Their Times. We Just Had A More Vulnerable Enemy.