Black life

"May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character."

"The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions."

"If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace."

"It would be very heard, for example, a basketball owner, no matter how racist he was, to try to operate without Blacks. It would be suicidal."

"Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same."

"Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?"

"Whenever someone refers to me as someone "who happens to be black," I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on."

"Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough."

"I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls."

"To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear."

"Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black."

"I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side."