Culture Quote by John Henry Cox

The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!

— Malcolm X

It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a radical conflict of black against white or as a purely American…

— Malcolm X

Any time the negro becomes involved in mature political action, then the resistance of the politicians who benefit from the exploited political system as…

— Malcolm X

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless…

— A. Philip Randolph

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The North has no interest in the particular Negro, but talks of justice for the whole. The South has not interest, and pretends none,…

— Zora Neale Hurston

In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would face the same…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy

— A. Philip Randolph

There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal opportunity.

— Major Taylor

What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.

— Frederick Douglass

“Freedom is not won by a passive acceptance of suffering. Freedom is won by a struggle against suffering. By this measure, Negroes have not…

— Martin Luther King Jr

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