... The Young People Are The Ones

The Political Philosophy Of Black Nationalism Means That The Black Man Should Control The Politics And The Politicians In His Own Community; No More.

If Integration Will Get [black Man] That [respect As The Human Being], All Right. If Segregation Will Get Him That, All Right. If Separation Will Get Him That, All Right.but After He Gets Integration And He Still Doesn't Have This Dignity And This Recognition As A Human Being, Then His Problem Is Still Not Solved.

Look At Yourselves. Some Of You Teenagers, Students. How Do You Think I Feel And I Belong To A Generation Ahead Of You - How Do You Think I Feel To Have To Tell You, 'we, My Generation, Sat Around Like A Knot On A Wall While The Whole World Was Fighting For Its Hum An Rights - And You've Got To Be Born Into A Society Where You Still Have That Same Fight.' What Did We Do, Who Preceded You ? I'll Tell You What We Did. Nothing. And Don't You Make The Same Mistake We Made.

Respect Me, Or Put Me To Death.

At The Bottom Of The Social Heap Is The Black Man In The Big-city Ghetto. He Lives Night And Day With The Rats And The Cockroaches And Drowns Himself With Alcohol And Anesthetizes Himself With Dope, To Try And Forget Where And What He Is. That Negro Has Given Up All Hope. He's The Hardest One For Us To Reach, Because He's The Deepest In The Mud. But When You Get Him, You've Got The Best Kind Of Muslim. I Look Upon Myself As A Prime Example Of This Category - As Graphic An Example As You Could Find Of The Salvation Of The Black Man.