You Should Not Bear Insults.

I Am A Nationalist, And A Pan-africanist, First And Foremost. I Was Well Grounded In History Before Ever Taking A History Course. I Did Not Spend Much Formal Time In School - I Had To Work.

The African Had Opinions About The Universe That Eventually Turned Out To Be True.

If You Don't Like The Situation, If You Are Afraid And Can't Deal With It, Nothing Wrong With Your Legs, Get Out Of There.

When I Was Able To Go To School In My Early Years, My Third Grade Teacher, Ms. Harris, Convinced Me That One Day I Would Be A Writer. I Heard Her, But I Knew That I Had To Leave Georgia, And Unlike My Friend Ray Charles, I Did Not Go Around With 'georgia On My Mind.'

When People Laugh At Your Institutions And Convince You That You Have To Adopt Theirs - Adopt Their Dress, Adopt Their Taste In Food - You Are A Prisoner To Those People.