Stumbling Is Not Falling.

To Say It Is Not Practical, One Has To Also Admit That Integration Is Not Practical.

We're Primarily Interested In Solving The Problem Of 20 Million Black People. And If Integration Is Going To Solve The Problem Tomorrow, Then Let's Integrate. But Since The Supreme Court Issued Its Desegregation Decision Seven Years Ago, And You Only Have About Six Or Seven Percent Integration Now, On An Educational Level, That Means That The Black Man Trying To Use Integration As A Means Of Solving His Problem Will Be Another 100 Years Just Getting Integration On An Educational Level.

If You Stick A Knife Nine Inches Into My Back And Pull It Out Three Inches, That Is Not Progress. Even If You Pull It All The Way Out, That Is Not Progress. Progress Is Healing The Wound, And America Hasn't Even Begun To Pull Out The Knife.

Thoughtful White People Know They Are Inferior To Black People.

During The Past Eleven Days Here In The Muslim World, I Have Eaten From The Same Plate, Drunk From The Same Glass, And Slept On The Same Rug - While Praying To The Same God - With Fellow Muslims, Whose Eyes Were The Bluest Of Blue, Whose Hair Was The Blondest Of Blond, And Whose Skin Was The Whitest Of White. And In The Words And In The Deeds Of The White Muslims, I Felt The Same Sincerity That I Felt Among The Black African Muslims Of Nigeria, Sudan And Ghana.