To Be Afraid Is To Behave As

When I Say I Love Eastland, It Sounds Preposterous A Man Who Brutalizes People. But You Love Him Or You Wouldn't Be Here. You're Going To Mississippi To Create Social Change And You Love Eastland In Your Desire To Create Conditions Which Will Redeem His Children. Loving Your Enemy Is Manifest In Putting Your Arms Not Around The Man But Around The Social Situation, To Take Power From Those Who Misuse It At Which Point They Can Become Human Too.

I Am An Opponent Of War And Of War Preparations And An Opponent Of Universal Military Training And Conscription; But Entirely Apart From That Issue, I Hold That Segregation In Any Part Of The Body Politic Is An Act Of Slavery And An Act Of War.

My Activism Did Not Spring From Being Black...the Racial Injustice That Was Present In This Country During My Youth Was A Challenge To My Belief In The Oneness Of The Human Family.

Since Israel Is A Democratic State Surrounded By Essentially Undemocratic States Which Have Sworn Her Destruction, Those Interested In Democracy Everywhere Must Support Israel's Existence.

Black Gay Activists Should Try To Build Coalitions Of People For The Elimination Of All Injustice.