Most People Who Work In Prison Earn

They're Not Leading Our People Toward Any Kind Of Independence, But They're Using Their Positions And Their Education And Their Talent To Exploit Our People Worse Than The Slave Master Did During Slavery.

America's Greatest Crime Against The Black Man Was Not Slavery Or Lynching, But That He Was Taught To Wear A Mask Of Self-hate And Self-doubt.

The Ability To Read Awoke Inside Of Me Some Long Dormant Craving To Be Mentally Alive.

I Learned Early That Crying Out In Protest Could Accomplish Things. My Older Brothers And Sister Had Started To School When, Sometimes, They Would Come In And Ask For A Buttered Biscuit Or Something And My Mother, Impatiently, Would Tell Them No. But I Would Cry Out And Make A Fuss Until I Got What I Wanted. I Remember Well How My Mother Asked Me Why I Couldn't Be A Nice Boy Like Wilfred; But I Would Think To Myself That Wilfred, For Being So Nice And Quiet, Often Stayed Hungry. So Early In Life, I Had Learned That If You Want Something, You Had Better Make Some Noise.

The Only Persons Who Really Changed History Are Those Who Changed Men's Thinking About Themselves.