H. Rap Brown quotes

H. Rap Brown, born as Hubert Gerold Brown, is a prominent civil rights activist, minister, and author. Known for his powerful speeches and passionate activism during the 1960s, Brown played a crucial role in the fight for equality and justice. As the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), he fearlessly advocated for African American rights, mobilizing communities to dismantle systemic oppression. Brown's impactful words continue to inspire and educate generations, making him an influential figure in American history. Discover more about H. Rap Brown's legacy and contributions to the civil rights movement.

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

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The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

- H. Rap Brown

No such thing as a Dixiecrat.

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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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Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.

- H. Rap Brown

There is no such thing as a black middle class.

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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.

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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

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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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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

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You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.

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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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We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.

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And understand: class differences will not save you.

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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

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In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.

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

- H. Rap Brown

You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs.

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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!

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But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.

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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.

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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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The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.

- H. Rap Brown