They call us thieves and bandits. They say we steal. But it was not we who stole millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were robbed of our language, of our Gods, of our culture, of our human dignity, of our labor, and of our lives. They call us thieves, yet it is not.


To My People (July 4, 1973)

Assata Shakur Quotes

They call us thieves and bandits. They say we steal. But it was not we who stole millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were...

They call us thieves and bandits. They say we steal. But it was not we who stole millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were...

They call us thieves and bandits. They say we steal. But it was not we who stole millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were...

They call us thieves and bandits. They say we steal. But it was not we who stole millions of Black people from the continent of Africa. We were...