You Are Either Alive And Proud Or

Black Consciousness Is In Essence The Realization By The Black Man Of The Need To Rally Together With His Brothers Around The Cause Of Their Oppression.

The Most Potent Weapon Of The Oppressor Is The Mind Of The Oppressed.

We Regard Our Living Together Not As An Unfortunate Mishap Warranting Endless Competition Among Us But As A Deliberate Act Of God To Make Us A Community Of Brothers And Sisters Jointly Involved In The Quest For A Composite Answer To The Varied Problems Of Life. Hence In All We Do We Always Place Man First And Hence All Our Action Is Usually Joint Community Oriented Action Rather Than The Individualism.

Black Consciousness Is An Attitude Of The Mind And A Way Of Life, The Most Positive Call To Emanate From The Black World For A Long Time. Its Essence Is The Realisation By The Black Man Of The Need To Rally Together With His Brothers Around The Cause Of Their Oppression - The Blackness Of Their Skin - And To Operate As A Group To Rid Themselves Of The Shackles That Bind Them To Perpetual Servitude.

Merely By Describing Yourself As Black You Have Started On A Road Towards Emancipation, You Have Committed Yourself To Fight Against All Forces That Seek To Use Your Blackness As A Stamp That Marks You Out As A Subservient Being.