The First Need Of A Free People

An Organization Which Claims To Speak For The Needs Of A Community Must Speak In The Tone Of That Community.

It Is A Call For Black People In This Country To Unite, To Recognize Their Heritage, To Build A Sense Of Community. It Is A Call For Black People To Define Their Own Goals, To Lead Their Own Organizations.

The First Need Of A Free People Is To Define Their Own Terms.

The Masses Don't Shed Their Blood For The Benefit Of A Few Individuals.

Seems To Me That The Institutions That Function In This Country Are Clearly Racist, And That They're Built Upon Racism.