We Believe In The Inherent Goodness Of

The Wealth Of The Country Must Eventually Be Enjoyed By People Of The Country

Black Consciousness Is An Attitude Of The Mind And A Way Of Life, The Most Positive Call To Emanate From The Black World For A Long Time. Its Essence Is The Realisation By The Black Man Of The Need To Rally Together With His Brothers Around The Cause Of Their Oppression - The Blackness Of Their Skin - And To Operate As A Group To Rid Themselves Of The Shackles That Bind Them To Perpetual Servitude.

We Have Set Out On A Quest For True Humanity, And Somewhere On The Distant Horizon We Can See The Glittering Prize. Let Us March Forth With Courage And Determination, Drawing Strength From Our Common Plight And Our Brotherhood [and Sisterhood]. In Time We Shall Be In A Position To Bestow Upon South Africa The Greatest Gift Possible--a More Human Face

To A Large Extent The Evil-doers Have Succeeded In Producing At The Output End Of Their Machine A Kind Of Black Man Who Is Man Only In Form. This Is The Extent To Which The Process Of Dehumanization Has Advanced.

Black Consciousness Is In Essence The Realization By The Black Man Of The Need To Rally Together With His Brothers Around The Cause Of Their Oppression.