In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been..

Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's sons, we who ….

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes..

Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for ….

I came out of a family background that involved itself with people..

In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to be radically ….

The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it could only be used if they unde….

There is also the danger in our culture that because a person is called upon to give public statements and is acclaimed by the establishment, such a ….

I'm sure, out of the context here of Stanley Levison's relationship with the Jewish liberal forces, that had made contributions. I remember one such ….

Martin [Luther King] wasn't, basically, the kind of person - certainly at the stage that I knew him closest - wasn't the kind of person you could eng….

I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic ….

You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pi….

I believe, the NAACP began to try to organize parents of Negro children to file petitions with the boards of education regarding the integration of t….

Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses all manki….

I had known, number one, that there would never be any role for me in the leadership capacity with SCLC. Why? First, I'm a woman. Also, I'm not a min….

I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in….

I began to feel that my greatest sense of success would raise the level of masses of people, rather than the individual being accepted by the Establi….

I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules..

One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we ha….

Give light, and people will find the way....

I've never credited myself with a professional life. But, basically, it has been that..