Life Is Not A Spectator

There's Not An American In This Country Free Until Every One Of Us Is Free.

I Know That I Am A Black Man In A White World. . . I Know That I Never Had It Made.

I Had To Fight Hard Against Loneliness, Abuse, And The Knowledge That Any Mistakes I Made Would Be Magnified Because I Was The Only Black Man Out There... I Never Cared About Acceptance As Much As I Cared About Respect.

I Don't Think That I Or Any Other Negro, As An American Citizen, Should Have To Ask For Anything That Is Rightfully His. We Are Demanding That We Just Be Given The Things That Are Rightfully Ours And That We're Not Looking For Anything Else.

I Am Not Concerned With Being Liked Or Disliked. I Am Concerned With Being Respected