Maulana Karenga Quote

We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express self-defense, self-determination, and self-direction.


Black Power Conference (July 1967), quoted in How Newark Became Newark (2009) by Brad Tuttle


We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express...

We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express...

We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express...

We have to distinguish between riots and revolts.… Riots are illegal. A revolt is legitimate because it is what people must do to express...