Just As A Tree Without Roots Is

Any Negro Who Occupies A Position That Was Given To Him By The White Man, If You Analyze His Function, His Function Never Enables Him To Really Take A Firm, Uncompromising, Militant Stand On Problems That Confront Our People.

When You Aren't Affiliated With Anything, And Then You Look At Something, You Look At It With Your Eye To The Best Of Your Ability.

The Thing That Has Made The So-called Negro In America Fail, More Than Any Other Thing, Is Your, My, Lack Of Knowledge Concerning History. We Know Less About History Than Anything Else.

First, What Is A Revolution? Sometimes I'm Inclined To Believe That Many Of Our People Are Using This Word "revolution" Loosely, Without Taking Careful Consideration [of] What This Word Actually Means, And What Its Historic Characteristics Are. When You Study The Historic Nature Of Revolutions, The Motive Of A Revolution, The Objective Of A Revolution, And The Result Of A Revolution, And The Methods Used In A Revolution, You May Change Words. You May Devise Another Program. You May Change Your Goal And You May Change Your Mind.

Better Jobs And Housing Are Only Temporary Solutions. They Are Aspects Of Tokenism And Don't Go To The Heart Of The Problem.