Of All Our Studies, It Is History

At The Bottom Of The Social Heap Is The Black Man In The Big-city Ghetto. He Lives Night And Day With The Rats And The Cockroaches And Drowns Himself With Alcohol And Anesthetizes Himself With Dope, To Try And Forget Where And What He Is. That Negro Has Given Up All Hope. He's The Hardest One For Us To Reach, Because He's The Deepest In The Mud. But When You Get Him, You've Got The Best Kind Of Muslim. I Look Upon Myself As A Prime Example Of This Category - As Graphic An Example As You Could Find Of The Salvation Of The Black Man.

Whenever Any Black Man In America Shows Signs Of An Uncompromising Attitude, Against The Injustices That He Experiences Daily, And Shows No Tendency Whatsoever To Compromise With It, Then The American Press [characterizes Him] As A Radical, As An Extremist Someone Who's Irresponsible, Or As A Rabble Rouser Or Someone Who Doesn't Rationalize In Dealing With The Problem.

So Over You Is The Greatest Enemy A Man Can Have — And That Is Fear. I Know Some Of You Are Afraid To Listen To The Truth — You Have Been Raised On Fear And Lies. But I Am Going To Preach To You The Truth Until You Are Free Of That Fear...

As I Say, If We Bring Up Religion We'll Have Differences; We'll Have Arguments; And We'll Never Be Able To Get Together.

I Believe In The Brotherhood Of All Men, But I Don't Believe In Wasting Brotherhood On Anyone Who Doesn't Want To Practice It With Me. Brotherhood Is A Two-way Street.