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.

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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law...

But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law...

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be...

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be...

You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs.

You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs.

You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.

You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.

We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most...

We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most...

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.

There is no such thing as a black middle class.

There is no such thing as a black middle class.

So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must...

So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must...

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics...

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics...

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared;...

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared;...

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you...

The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you...

If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.

If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.

See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.

See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's...

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's...