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 participate in those decisions that affect my life and the lives of my children. It means… — 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… — 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
The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem. — 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)
