James Forman: Blackness

James Forman was American civil rights leader. Explore interesting quotes on blackness.

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“White people in this country must be willing to accept black leadership, for that is the only protection that black people have to protect ourselves from racism rising again in this country. Racism in the United States is so pervasive in the mentality of whites that only an armed, well-disciplined, black-controlled Government can insure the stamping out of racism in this country.”

Source: "The Black Manifesto" (1969), p. 118

“Black people … are the most humane people within the United States. We have suffered and we understand suffering.”

Source: "The Black Manifesto" (1969), p. 116

“Any class analysis of the United States shows very clearly that black people are the most oppressed group of people inside the United States. We have suffered the most from racism and exploitation, cultural degradation and lack of political power. It follows from the laws of revolution that the most oppressed will make the revolution.”

Source: "The Black Manifesto" (1969), p. 116

“Black people in this country must understand that we are the vanguard force. We shall liberate all the people in the United States, and we will be instrumental in the liberation of colored people the world around.”

Source: "The Black Manifesto" (1969), p. 116