Racism Quotes by Junius Williams

9 Racism quotes by Junius Williams

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Junius Williams offers nine concise statements on racism, each sentence reflecting his measured tone. This brief anthology serves as a quick, focused entry into his perspective.

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“Black power showed up in different ways, depending on the goals of the group.”

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“By the middle to the end of the 1970s, Black Power as we envisioned was a dream deferred. And I was no…

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“The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It…

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“But despite the scarcity of confrontation with whites in our neighborhood, race and racism permeated every aspect of our lives. Our parents…

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“I had no way of predicting that Selma to Montgomery was indeed to be the last great civil rights march of the…

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“We were still confined to that corner. More and more people joined us, some black and some white. On the second day,…

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“Too few of us from the Black Power generation and the movements to take power in cities through the election of black…

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“I remembered how tough it was getting black people in large tenements to come together to build a playground. The enemy was…

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“The SNCC base of operation, at the corner of Jackson and High Streets, was in the heart of the black community in…

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“Later that year, the Voting Rights Act opened the door for thousands to register for the first time.”

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“So on June 16, 1970, history was made in Newark. Ken Gibson became the first black mayor of a major Northeastern city.”

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“The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It operated from…

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“Life was not always so peaceful and rewarding at NAPA (the office). Sometime during 1968, I cam back to the office and found the…

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“But despite the scarcity of confrontation with whites in our neighborhood, race and racism permeated every aspect of our lives. Our parents taught us…

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“Black power showed up in different ways, depending on the goals of the group.”

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“The youth were to be trained to be the vanguard of the next battlefront, whatever that was. I knew within my heart that the…

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“Knocking on doors wasn't working. We had to try something else. Remember the kids whose natural curiosity brought them into our little office on…

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“Organizing a working majority proved harder than we thought because we couldn't get a quorum. But one day in December, twelve people showed up,…

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“We were still confined to that corner. More and more people joined us, some black and some white. On the second day, we awoke…

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“I remembered how tough it was getting black people in large tenements to come together to build a playground. The enemy was not the…

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“The SNCC base of operation, at the corner of Jackson and High Streets, was in the heart of the black community in Montgomery. I…

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“We learned how to envision a different neighborhood, fought for the resources to make it happen, and in March 1968, through the Medical School…

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“I had never run a campaign, but I was an organizer. My job was to create momentum by mobilizing the constituency we had, which…

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“Too few of us from the Black Power generation and the movements to take power in cities through the election of black elected officials…

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