“The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.” PeopleFirstsSchoolJobsResponsibilityTeachTeacherTeachingStudentsMastersClassroomHouseholdClosest Author:H. Rap Brown
“Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.” PeopleBlackCommunityOrganizedOrganizeAlliancesBlack Community Author:H. Rap Brown
“Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.” PeopleCountryCausesBlackPovertyOppressionAddressesBlack PeopleCauses Of Poverty Author:H. Rap Brown
“But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.” PeopleCountryLawFallBlackTalkingArgumentBlack PeopleConfinedLaw Breakers Author:H. Rap Brown
“In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.” PeopleBelieveCountryI BelieveBlackTermRevolutionIndianBlack PeopleMexicanAmerican IndianMexican American Author:H. Rap Brown
“Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldShouldFirstsLooksTermNumbersThis WorldColorConceptsThirdsMajorityThird World Author:H. Rap Brown
“An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.” PeopleShouldHandsLeaderRevolution Author:H. Rap Brown
“I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.” PeopleIfsMeanUseAmericaCultureBlackViolenceTaughtViolentOppressionBlack PeoplePieCherriesCherry Pie Author:H. Rap Brown
