Radical reconstruction o f society is the real issue
Chicago, 1966
“ In the North there are brothers and sisters who are suffering discrimination
that is even more agonizing, in a sense, than in the South. In the South, at least,
the Negro can see some progress, where in the North all he sees is
retrogression.”
"T he black revolution is m uch m ore than a struggle for the rights o f Negroes.
It is forcing Am erica to face all its interrelated fla w s —racism, poverty,
militarism, materialism. It is exposing evils that are deeply rooted in the w hole
structure of our society. It reveals systemic rather than superficial flaws and
suggests that radical reconstruction o f society itself is the real issue to be
faced."
Portland Observer. January 26, 1963 Section III Page 3
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