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> [What kind of motivated me to join the Black Panther Party was that I, along with some of the comrades that I was working with in New York, had heard about the Black Panther Party, and they were doing things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/what-kind-of-motivated-me-to-join-the-black-panther-party-was-that-i/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/sekou-odinga-46640_black_what-kind-of-motivated-me-to-join-the-bl_1730350.jpg)

## Other authors on Panther Party

## More by Sekou Odinga

> [The same things that we hurray and support in other places, like people like Nelson Mandela, our prisoners were doing the same thing, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/the-same-things-that-we-hurray-and-support-in-other-places-like/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [We have a number of brothers left in the prisons, about 15 of them. And for the most part, they're in bad condition. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/we-have-a-number-of-brothers-left-in-the-prisons-about-15-of-them-and/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [This country maintains that there is no political prisoners, that everybody is criminals, but it's just not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/this-country-maintains-that-there-is-no-political-prisoners-that/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [People don't even know that we have political prisoners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/people-don-t-even-know-that-we-have-political-prisoners/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [I had been attracted by Malcolm X when he was still a member of the Nation of Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/i-had-been-attracted-by-malcolm-x-when-he-was-still-a-member-of-the/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [What kind of motivated me to join the Black Panther Party was that I, along with some of the comrades that I was working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/what-kind-of-motivated-me-to-join-the-black-panther-party-was-that-i/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [I'm proud to be associated with the liberation of Assata Shakur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/i-m-proud-to-be-associated-with-the-liberation-of-assata-shakur/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

> [I'm sure that those - well, I know for a fact that the prisoners, the political prisoners in the federal system, is asking \[Barack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sekou-odinga/i-m-sure-that-those-well-i-know-for-a-fact-that-the-prisoners-the/)

[Sekou Odinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sekou-odinga/)

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