Hopefully these quotes will inspire, and motivate you. There are many Negros who will never fight for freedom, but they will gladly accept it when it comes-----DR. KING If peace means accepting second class citizenship, then I don’t want it. If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of evil and injustice, then I don’t want it. If peace means being complacent and accepting the status quo, then I don’t want it. If peace means being passive, then I don’t want it. If peace means a willingness to be exploited and humiliated, then that’s the kind of peace that I don’t want----DR. KING (from his speech in Louisville Kentucky , 1956) You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself. The black brother is so brainwashed that he may reject the truth when he first hears it. You have to drop a little bit on him at a time, and wait a while to let that sink in before advancing to the next step------MALCOLM X (from the autobiography of Malcolm X) The Honorable Elijah Muhammad found me here in America in the muck and mire, in the filthiest civilization on earth. He pulled me out and cleaned me up, and he stood me on my feet and made me the man I am-----MALCOLM X (from the Autobiography of Malcolm X) You will not catch me with a free 15 minutes, in which I’m not studying something that I feel might be able to help the black man. Yesterday I spoke in London , and both ways on the plane across the Atlantic , I was studying. Every time I catch a plane, I have with me a book that I want to read, and that’s a lot of books these days, If I wasn’t out here battling the white man everyday, I could spend the rest of my life reading. Reading changed the course of my life forever. I didn’t go to college, my alma mater was books-----MALCOLM X (from the Autobiography of Malcolm X) When I was young I use to stammer, I couldn’t speak clearly. My mother gave me a violin, and I spoke through my instrument, but I never knew I could speak until I became a follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad----MINISTER FARRAKHAN (speaking to students, at the Muhammad School of Music) In order to be great at anything you have to practice. Greatness can be in you, but you have to practice in order to bring it out. I reached the point that I was practicing 10 hours a day on my violin-----MINISTER FARRAKAHAN (speaking to students, at the Muhammad School of Music) In High School I was the best in my music class on trumpet. I knew it, and everybody else knew it, but all of the prizes went to the white boys. It made me so mad that I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn. If I had not experienced that prejudice, I probably wouldn’t have the drive that I have today. That gave me the determination, and that made me the player that I am today.----MILES DAVIS (interview with Alex Haley) White people have certain things that they expect from black musicians. It goes all the way back to slavery days. That’s when Uncle Toming got started because white people demanded it. Every little black child grew up seeing that getting along with white people, meant grinning and acting like a clown. It helped white people to feel easy about what they had done to blacks, and it’s still going on today. When it comes to black musicians, white people want you to do more than play your instrument. They want you to entertain them with grinning and dancing. I’m not an entertainer, and I damn sure aint no Uncle Tom. I won’t do it. ----MILES DAVIS (from his interview with Alex Haley1962) I’ve never been on the cover of a Black Magazine----MILES DAVIS Those who desire to serve the Negro people, must be prepared for criticism from his own race. I did not organize the universal Negro Improvement Association without calculating the cost, and the cost is ingratitude of Negros whom we are serving. Their ingratitude does not concern me one bit, Garvey will not be disappointed about anything. My work is cut out------MARCUS GARVEY (from his book called, the philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey) Having had the wrong kind of education, the Negro has become his own greatest enemy. Most of the trouble I’ve had in advancing the cause of the race, has come from Negros -----MARCUS GARVEY There is no doubt that the Negro is his own greatest enemy. He is jealous of himself, and envious, and covetous. This accounts for most of our failures in business, and other things-----MARCUS GARVEY (from a book called, Marcus Garvey Life and Lessons) I was convicted and sent to prison not because I defrauded anyone, but because of the wicked enemies of my own race. I would not blame the few whites that contributed to my conviction, neither will I blame the Government. I blame the malicious and jealous Negros , who for the sake of money will sell their own mothers. My own Black people lied on me and I was sent to jail for 5 years. Our people are so wicked to themselves, and they are not satisfied until they are telling the enemies something about themselves-----MARCUS GARVEY (from the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey) We must realize that our greatest enemies are not those on the outside, but those in our midst. When we recognize the enemies on the outside, and do not allow them to pass. Then we have those on the inside working with us to destroy us, without our knowing-----MARCUS GARVEY (from the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey) I am not discouraged by what has been done to me. It is natural and to be expected. The enemies that I have are mainly of my own race, and they have worked long and hard to try and destroy me, but they have only succeeded in arousing the fighting spirit of millions of black men, all over the world-----MARCUS GARVEY Negros threw eggs at me, when I spoke in New York ---DR. KING (from the Autobiography of Dr. King) Having to live under the threat of death everyday, sometimes I feel discouraged. Having to take so much abuse and criticism from my own people, sometimes I feel discouraged. Having to go to bed often frustrated with the chilly winds of adversity about to stagger me, sometimes I feel discouraged and feel like my work is in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again----DR. KING (from the Autobiography of Dr. King) Those of us who are blazing the way to enlighten our people everywhere, are at times very much annoyed and discouraged by acts of our own people. They do so many things to hurt our feelings of loyalty, and love for the race, but what can we do? Can we forsake them because they hurt our feelings, surely not. Painful though it may be, we must be sympathetic and we must be forgiving. So when that ignorant fellow who happens to be a member of our race, stands up to block some cause that will benefit our people, you will be able to overlook him-----MARCUS GARVEY (from the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey) When I think about all of the hell I go through from my own people. I’m fighting for you everyday of my life. My life is on the line, and a bunch of silly Negros want to go and fight me. Why don’t you go and fight the enemy-----MINISTER FARRAKHAN ( First AME Church , Los Angeles ) The illiterate and shallow minded Negro, who can see no further than his nose is now the greatest stumbling block, in the way of the race. He tells us that we must be satisfied with our condition, and that we must not think of building up a nation of our own. He will say that we must not seek to organize ourselves racially, but we must depend on the good feelings of the other fellow for the solution to the problem that now confronts us. This is a dangerous policy, and it is my duty to warn against it. The Negro must take it upon himself to better his own condition------MARCUS GARVEY The professional Negro leader feels that it is too much work for them to settle down, and build up a civilization of their own. They feel that it is easier to seize onto the civilization of the white man---MARCUS GARVEY (from the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey) If white people were dependent on others, they would not be as successful as they are today. If Japan were dependent on other countries, she would not be as successful as she is today. As long as the Negro is dependent on other groups, he will remain the lowest down-----MARCUS GARVEY from many blacks. They are unable to see themselves as creators of their own need. They still believe that they can only exist through the good graces of their master. The good slaves have not yet thrown off their shackles-----MARCUS GARVEY Black people should not look to whites for charity forever. What we lack is self help and self reliance. We are always wanting somebody to do something for us. As a race we are too envious, malicious and superficial, and because of this we keep ourselves back------MARCUS GARVEY (from his lecture at Collegiate Hall in Kingston Jamaica , given in 1915) You’ve been waiting for the crumbs to fall off the white man’s table, but God is going to take the white man’s bread away, and force you to do for self. The only reason you are following the white man, is because you are looking for crumbs, and when you find out he has no more crumbs or bread to give you. Then you will turn him loose like a hot potato------MALCOLM X (from his speech called, Cooperative Economics)
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