The First Need Of A Free People

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.

The Time For Running Has Come To An End. You Tell Them White Folk In Mississippi That All The Scared Niggers Are Dead!

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.

The Only Position For Women In Sncc Is Prone.

I Also Know That While I Am Black I Am A Human Being, And Therefore I Have The Right To Go Into Any Public Place. White People Didn't Know That.every Time I Tried To Go Into A Place They Stopped Me