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“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”
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“Drowning people
Sometimes die
Fighting their rescuers.”
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Sometimes die
Fighting their rescuers.”
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“Beware:
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”
― Parable of the Talents
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”
― Parable of the Talents
“Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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