H. Rap Brown

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

— H. Rap Brown

#black #causes #country #itself #must

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. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#black #black community #community #decide #everybody

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

— H. Rap Brown

#extension #politics #those #war #without

An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#african #always #dispossessed #hands #lead

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#cherry #i #necessary #pie #say

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#citizenship #class #like #little #little bit

When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#obligations #society #then #understand #you

And understand: class differences will not save you. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#differences #save #understand #will #you

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#cannot #class #luxury #structures #we cannot

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

— H. Rap Brown

#class #divide #lower #lower class #middle