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Kwame Nkrumah1 quote
We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility. — Kwame Nkrumah · 1967Nelson Mandela1 quote
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in har¬ mony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Nelson Mandela · 1964Steve Biko1 quote
The liberal must understand that the days of the Noble Savage are gone; that the blacks do not need a go-between in this struggle for their own emancipation. No true liberal should feel any resentment at the growth of black consciousness. Rather, all true liberals should realize that the place for their fight for justice is within their white society. — Steve Biko · 1970W.E.B. Du Bois1 quote
The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer. — W.E.B. Du Bois · 1920