Every Holiday On The Calendar, I Check

Wouldn't It Be A Helluva Joke If All This Were Really Burnt Cork And You People Were Being Tolerant For Nuthin'?

I Was Born And Raised In St. Louis, And This Little Town, Eight Blocks Away, Place No One Ever Heard Of, A Black Man There Commands The Attention Of The World For Months? That Ain't My World.

If You Can Justify Killing To Eat Meat, You Can Justify The Conditions Of The Ghetto. I Cannot Justify Either One.

Civil Rights: What Black Folks Are Given In The U.s. On The Installment Plan, As In Civil-rights Bills. Not To Be Confused With Human Rights, Which Are The Dignity, Stature, Humanity, Respect, And Freedom Belonging To All People By Right Of Their Birth.

Let Me Tell You, Never Before In The History Of This Planet Has Anybody Made The Progress That African-americans Have Made In A 30-year Period, In Spite Of Many Black Folks And White Folks Lying To One Another.