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H. Rap Brown

"Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country."

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"Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country."

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"We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in."
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"We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed."
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"An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution."
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"One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty."
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"Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized."
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"The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other."
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"Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics."
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"And understand: class differences will not save you."
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"There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant."
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