Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.

- John Oliver Killens

We have to undo the millions of little white lies that America told itself and the world about the American Black man.

- John Oliver Killens

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

- John Oliver Killens

Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.

- John Oliver Killens

The Negro loves America enough to criticize her fundamentally. Most white Americans simply can't be bothered.

- John Oliver Killens

Along with the fight to desegregate schools, we must desegregate the entire cultural statement of America, we must desegregate the minds of the Ameri…

- John Oliver Killens

The Negro was invented in America.

- John Oliver Killens

My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.

- John Oliver Killens

Most of us came here in chains and most of you came here to escape your chains. Your freedom was our slavery, and therein lies the bitter difference …

- John Oliver Killens