Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.