Maulana Karenga: Doing

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“We stress culture because it gives identity, purpose and direction. It tells us who we are, what we must do, and how we can do it.”

Maulana Karenga

The Quotable Karenga (1967)

“We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express self-defense, self-determination, and self-direction.”

Maulana Karenga

Black Power Conference (July 1967), quoted in How Newark Became Newark (2009) by Brad Tuttle

“So what, then, is the use of art — our art, Black art? Black art must expose the enemy, praise the people and support the revolution.… We do not need pictures of oranges in a bowl or trees standing innocently in the midst of a wasteland. If we must paint oranges and trees, let our guerrillas be eating those oranges for strength and using those trees for cover.”

Maulana Karenga

"Black Cultural Nationalism" in The Black Aesthetic (1971)