Occupation: Activist Birth: July 16, 1947
I really prefer to be kind of anonymous. Because when people know your whole history, they have a tendency to relate to you differently and maybe put….
There is something about Sundiata [Acoli] that exudes calm. From every part of his being you can sense the presence of revolutionary spirit and fervo….
To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to rise up with violence to at….
Schools in amerika are interested in brainwashing people with amerikanism, giving them a little bit of education, and training them in skills needed ….
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppress….
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them..
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if ….
Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them..
We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves..
Where there is oppression, there will be resistance..
A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man..
Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along..
It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chain….
I think that the greatest betrayal that a revolutionary can participate in is to become like the people you are struggling against. To become like yo….
I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better life. I'm part of a majorit….
Some people spell "good" with two o's and some people spell it with one... and there shouldn't be a contradiction between that..
The methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that are not abras….
The US has attacked countries like Grenada, Panama, Libya... the list of victims of US terrorism is almost infinite. And the US government's particip….
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people together….
A woman’s place is in the struggle..
Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms..