There is no such thing as a black middle class.

Quote by H Rap Brown

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The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

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.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have...

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

And understand: class differences will not save you.

And understand: class differences will not save you.