Agendas Quote by Jesse Jackson

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their…

— Frederick Douglass

I must oppose any attempt that Negroes may make to do to others what has been done to them. . . . I know…

— James A. Baldwin

The problem of the negro is so criminal that many individuals and organizations are going to have to sacrifice what they call their organizational…

— Malcolm X

People are taking it for granted that [the Negro] ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for these people…

— Paul Laurence Dunbar

I think that the problem of the American negro goes beyond the principle of any organization whether it's a religious, political, or otherwise.

— Malcolm X

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

— James Baldwin

The Negro is the child of two cultures - Africa and America. The problem is that in the search for wholeness all too many…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just…

— Annie Elizabeth Delany

Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake…

— Abraham Lincoln

Negroes aren't seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong…

— Jackie Robinson

The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly for quality,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

All I ask for the negro is that if you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him but little, that…

— Abraham Lincoln