We must return to Black power

From: Michigan Citizen | Date: March 25, 1995| Author: Conrad W. Worrill | Copyright information


Michigan Citizen

03-25-1995

We must return to Black power.

The Black Liberation Movement in America must return to the call for Black Power. It appears that far too many African Americans have forgotten that we are fighting and struggling for the acquisition of power. Specifically, Black Power!

We must not forget that the late great Congressman from Harlem, New York, Adam Clayton Powell, set the tone for the concept of Black Power in a speech he made t...

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