The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all Americans have learned to talk inoffensively, not enough have learned to think differently, nor act… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed. — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Black Power simply means: Look at me, I'm here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention. — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
The unhealthy gap between what we preach in America and what we often practice creates a moral dry rot that eats at the very… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course.… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin. — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted.… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
![“You don’t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didn’t shout “Irish Power”, “Jew Power”, [or] “Italian Power”. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston.” quote by Whitney M. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2d4/whitney-m-young-34161_black_you-don-t-get-black-power-by-chanting-it_1412083.jpg)
