'If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King.'

'A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.'

'Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?'

'A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted d…

Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you. And no Fascist-minded…

I've never regretted I was born too soon. I'm proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I'm satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new wor…

I realized now that militancy in the best sense of the word was the only answer where the black man was concerned, that any black man who wasn't a militant in …