Carolina QuotesIt is because of America's racism that black people and colored people around the world are oppressed. Throughout history black people who spoke out against America and her racism have been subjected to exile, assassination, murder, or imprisonment. So what happened to me is nothing new or different. Justice is a joke in this country for black people, and it stinks of its hypocrisy. Justice in this country means "just-us white folks." Black people must understand that there is no redress of grievances in the courts but only in the streets, through armed guerrilla action.
H. Rap Brown Connected to the Carolinas
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as interviewed by Robert L. Allen, in Archives of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Manuscript 577, Box 47, Folder 16
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