Occupation: Human Rights Activist Birth: May 19, 1925 Death: February 21, 1965
I asked inmate in New York, Warden Fay at that time if, if it didn't make a better inmate out of the Negroes who accepted it and he said, "Yes." So I….
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and….
That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice..
Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality..
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm fo….
The black man will inherit the earth; he will resume control, taking back the position he held centuries ago when the white devil was crawling around….
These were African-Arab-Asian values. The only section of Europe that had a high value system during the Dark Ages was the, were those on the Iberian….
One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for yourself and think for your….
The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it was, yet these 13 little scrawny states, tired of t….
I'm trying to get at this. That is, a man may know that he belongs to, say, a group - this group or that group - but he feels himself lost within tha….
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against..
The Negro fought and bled and died in every war the white man waged, and he still won't give you justice. You nursed his baby and cleaned behind his ….
Don't be bitter. Remember Lot's wife when they kill me, and they surely will. You have to use all of your energy to do what it is you have to do. [To….
Everything that came out of Europe, every blue-eyed thing, is already an American. And as long as you and I have been over here, we aren't Americans….
The black man in Africa had mastered the arts and sciences. He knew the course of the stars in the universe before the man up in Europe knew that the….
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell ….
Anybody who rapes, and plunders, and enslaves, and steals, and drops hell bombs on people... anybody who does these things is nothing but a devil..
Why must I run against a Negro? We have had enough of Negroes running against and fighting with each other. The better bet is that we would put a Mus….
Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness..
It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared..
Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power..