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“If you are deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.”
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“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – it can not only move us, it makes us move.”
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“I am about life. I’m gonna live as hard as i can and as full as i can until i die. And i’m not letting these parasites, these oppressors, these greedy racist swine make me kill my children in my mind, before they are even born.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“LYNCHED BECAUSE THE JURY ACQUITTED HIM The entire system of the judiciary of this country is in the hands of white people. To this add the fact of the inherent prejudice against colored people, and it will be clearly seen that a white jury is certain to find a Negro prisoner guilty if there is the least evidence to warrant such a finding. Meredith Lewis was arrested in Roseland, La., in July of last year. A white jury found him not guilty of the crime of murder wherewith he stood charged.”
― The Red Record
― The Red Record
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Mel’s 2025 Year in Books
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