H. Rap Brown-Political Quotes

Spirit of Sankofa writes.........
Back during the (CRM) Civil Rights Movement, many of our Intelligent Black Men (IBM)....arose to the challenge to bring about change. One in the persons of H. Rap Brown. This very passionate brother, was the director of SNCC- student nonviolence committee.
Rap was against all forms of oppression especially those of us who had been most oppressed in this country. Mainly Blacks!
He later joinned the Panthers and later joinned the Nation of Islam. He wanted to be with the movement of those of the same mind-set, those that knew leadership movement only comes about during the evolutionary prosess. He also articulated, the system of political ideaology ,is only a phase of revolution. Evolution is a revoltionary process....therefore there is a great need for a change within the system. There are many things written about this brother, but the media just like with Malcolm, Martin, Angela D. etc....have had their name dragged thro the muck, in hopes it would cloud the judgement of our people. Clouding the great works, these men and women have done to try to enlighten a people.! As Rap quoted......We can not expect the media to tell us what is really going on in our neighborhoods, We need to do it ourselves!
Peace and enjoy some of his quotes!
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H. Rap Brown

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.
H. Rap Brown

And understand: class differences will not save you.
H. Rap Brown

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

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.
H. Rap Brown

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.
H. Rap Brown

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.
H. Rap Brown

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
H. Rap Brown

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

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.
H. Rap Brown

No such thing as a Dixiecrat.
H. Rap Brown

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
H. Rap Brown

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

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

So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
H. Rap Brown

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!
H. Rap Brown

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

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

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
H. Rap Brown

There is no such thing as a black middle class.
H. Rap Brown

There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
H. Rap Brown

  
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