Capable Quote by Malcolm X

Once he [Negro] realizes that [he is at war ], then he can defend himself.

— Malcolm X

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

What the Negro wants - and will not stop until he gets - is absolute and unqualified freedom and equality here in this land…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on…

— Nannie Helen Burroughs

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions…

— Booker T. Washington

It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the…

— Anonymous

Any way, any form necessary to defend himself; Negro should reserve the right to do that just the same as others have the right…

— Malcolm X

The day that the black man takes an uncompromising step and realizes that he's within his rights, when his own freedom is being jeopardized,…

— Malcolm X

At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.

— Carter G. Woodson

There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“In the beginning—and neither can this be overstated—a Negro just cannot believe that white people are treating him as they do; he does not…

— James Baldwin

I want to be identified with the negro; until he gets his rights, we shall never have ours.

— Angelina Grimke