America Quote by Charles Hamilton Houston

Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can't win... the view that American society is so hopelessly…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

— Stokely Carmichael

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

— Huey Newton

“Power is never given, it's taken." It is an open secret that there exists a conflict between a new generation of young black leadership…

— Wesley Lowery

It's crazy; in the States, people think the black power movement drew inspiration from Africa. All these Americans come over here looking for awareness.…

— Fela Kuti

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

We wanted black power to be all things to all people.

— Cleveland Sellers

The black community is under attack in so many different ways.

— KiKi Layne

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

— Assata Shakur

I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make it a…

— Patrisse Cullors

I think we have come to a place in black America, sadly from my point of view, where we have once again begun to…

— Shelby Steele

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation…

— Louis Farrakhan