Arms Quote by Assata Shakur

Black people we've been taught that we will never be free, until some will have to die, some will have to give up wealth,…

— Muhammad Ali

When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people./May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat…

— Amiri Baraka

We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as…

— Patrisse Cullors

I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding.

— Alice Walker

I think you'll find also that if the negro ever realizes that he should begin to fight for real for his freedom, there are…

— Malcolm X

Black folks don't have a chance, so they are in the hood, dealing drugs, in a shoot-out. They do it again and one more…

— Snoop Dogg

We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get away with…

— Charles Evers

When the residue of oppression and fear are compounded over time, when the historical precedents of policing and discrimination manifest themselves over and over…

— Clint Smith

White people will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved…

— James A. Baldwin

“It is not, I think, a question of when and how the white people will "free" the black and the red people. It is…

— Wendell Berry

I say if black people don't unite and begin to support themselves, their communities and their families, they might as well begin to go…

— John Henrik Clarke