African american Quote by Assata Shakur

“I stay connected in my head. I'm spiritually and psychologically connected to African-Americans. They are my people, and that will never change.”

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There is a down side to everything if you don't understand what the consequences of what you are saying in your music you could…

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My energy just couldn’t stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of struggle, and i wanted to dance.

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I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in which a woman was believed to have participated. The alleged crimes in which only men were supposedly involved, i have been accused of planning. They have plastered pictures alleged to be me in post offices, airports, hotels, police…

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Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms.

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In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

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I think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa.

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Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill…

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If the U.S. succeeds in destroying the revolution, my status will be like that of most Cubans: I'll be up a creek without a…

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No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

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