If Not Now Then When, If Not

I Say That The Negro, When He Is, When, When They Cease To Look At Him As A Negro And Realize That He's A Human Being, Then They Will Realize That He Is Just As Capable And Has The Right To Do Anything That Any Other Human Being On This Earth Has A Right To Do To Defend Himself.

In Harlem, For Instance, All Of The Stores Are Owned By White People, All Of The Buildings Are Owned By White People. The Black People Are Just There - Paying Rent, Buying The Groceries; But They Don't Own The Stores, Clothing Stores, Food Stores, Any Kind Of Stores; Don't Even Own The Homes That They Live In. They Are All Owned By Outsiders, And For These Run-down Apartment Dwellings, The Black Man In Harlem Pays More Money Than The Man Down In The Rich Park Avenue Section.

I Can't Turn Around Without Hearing About Some 'civil Rights Advance's White People Seem To Think The Black Man Ought To Be Shouting 'hallelujah's Four Hundred Years The White Man Has Had His Foot-long Knife In The Black Man's Back — And Now The White Man Starts To Wiggle The Knife Out, Maybe Six Inches! The Black Man's Supposed To Be Grateful? Why, If The White Man Jerked The Knife Out, It's Still Going To Leave A Scar!

People Involved In A Revolution Don't Become Part Of The System; They Destroy The System... The Negro Revolution Is No Revolution Because It Condemns The System And Then Asks The System It Has Condemned To Accept Them.

When We Say Afro American, We Include Everyone In The Western Hemisphere Of African Descent. South America Is America. Central America Is America. South America Has Many People In It Of African Descent.