Black Quote by Desmond Tutu

We can't treat the matter of black economic empowerment as just the redistribution of existing wealth. It really has to focus on new investment,…

— Thabo Mbeki

The empowerment of black women constitutes the empowerment of our entire community.

— Anonymous

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

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

— Huey Newton

“Any ministry to black people which is not designed to effect their empowerment is designed to perpetuate their enslavement.”

— Anonymous

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

The parastatals are an important driver of the process of Black Economic Empowerment and they have been doing it, and will continue to do…

— Thabo Mbeki

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

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

— August Wilson

“As every organizer knows, the first step to empowerment is the recognition of self-worth and the identification of one's interests with that of others.…

— John Restakis

The root of empowerment is power.

— Jaz Sinclair

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this…

— Angela Davis