American - Activist | October 4, 1943 -
So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
H. Rap Brown
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
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No such thing as a Dixiecrat.
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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And understand: class differences will not save you.
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An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
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The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.
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There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.
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Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.
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Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'
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