“Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.” – Marcus Garvey
Category: Timeless Teachings
Timeless Teachings: Angela Davis | The Liberation of Our People
“This whole economy in this country is a war economy. It’s based on the fact that more and more and more weapons are being produced. What happens if the war in Vietnam ceases? How is the economy going to stand unless another Vietnam is created.” – Angela Davis
Timeless Teachings: Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) | Black Power
“The question is, how can white society begin to move to see black people as human beings? I am black, therefore I am; not that I am black and I must go to college to prove myself. I am black, therefore I am.” – Kwame Ture
Timeless Teachings: James Baldwin | The Negro and the American Promise
“It doesn’t matter any longer what you do to me; you can put me in jail, you can kill me. By the time I was 17, you’d done everything that you could do to me. The problem now is, how are you going to save yourselves?” – James Baldwin
Timeless Teachings: Malcolm X | Favorite Collection of Speeches
No, I’m not for separation and you’re not for integration, what you and I are for is freedom. Only, you think that integration will get you freedom; I think that separation will get me freedom. We both got the same objective, we just got different ways of getting’ at it.” – Malcolm X
