"I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived."
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"Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.“
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"Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks."
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"Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it."
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"The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then."
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