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“In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation.”

School Black Economic Taught Injustice Theology Interpretation Justified Segregation Starvation

Book:The Mis-Education of the Negro

Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro

“That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.”

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?”

Black Class Taught Regard Injustice Why Not Inferiors Exploits

Book:The Mis-Education of the Negro

Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro

“Whenever any black man in america shows signs of an uncompromising attitude, against the injustices that he experiences daily, and shows no tendency whatsoever to compromise with it, then the American press [characterizes him] as a radical, as an extremist someone who's irresponsible, or as a rabble rouser or someone who doesn't rationalize in dealing with the problem.”

Men Shows Problem America Black Attitude Presses Injustice Tendencies Compromise Radical Irresponsible Extremist Rationalize Uncompromising

Author:Malcolm X

“All I did in Chicago was to exercise my legal right to speak on my own behalf and I was given four years in jail as a result. But I think the most serious injustice perpetrated by the court system in America is the inability of a black man to get a jury of his peers.”

Thinking Men Years America Speak Given Black My Own Results Four Serious Exercise Court Injustice Jail Chicago Four Years Peers Behalf Inability Jury Court System

Author:Bobby Seale

“For most Black people there is still poverty and desperation. The Ghettos still exist, and the proportion of Blacks in prison is still much greater than Whites. Today, there is less overt racism, but the economic injustices create an "institutional racism" which exists even while more Blacks are in high places, such as Condoleeza Rice in Bush's Administration and Obama running for President.”