“A man with a rifle or a club can only be stopped by a person who defends himself with a rifle or a club. That's equality. If the United States government doesn’t want you and me to get rifles, then take the rifles away from those racists. If they don’t want you and me to use clubs, take the clubs away from the racists. If they don’t want you and me to get violent, then stop the racists from being violent. Don’t teach us nonviolence while those crackers are violent. Those days are over!”
“If we are extremists, then we are not ashamed of it, for the conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and extreme illness can not be cured with moderate medicine.”
"Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I'd been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary ahead of us all. Malcolm was the first to discover the truth, that color doesn't make you a devil. It is the heart, soul, and mind that define a person. Malcolm was a great thinker and an even greater friend. I might never have become a Muslim if it hadn't been for Malcolm. If I could go back and do it over again, I would never have turned my back on him." —Muhammad Ali
Prince, with bassist BrownMark, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 11 October 1981. Prince and his band, who were one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones on this date (as well as on 9 October), are pelted with trash by hardcore members of a rock and roll crowd. Prince later describes the unruly mob as "tasteless" before going on to become one of the most famous and respected performers in the world. Photo by Allen Beaulieu.