You can't drive a knife into a man's back nine inches, pull it out six inches, and call it progress.

We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society,…

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest light can come; it is only after extreme grief that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery…

'When I was born, I was black. When I grow up, I'm black. When I'm ill, When I die, I'm black. But you - When you're born, you're pink. When you grow up, you'r…