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" The Black Power movement—or what we referred to at the time as the Black liberation movement...was a response to what were perceived as limitations of the civil rights movement: we not only needed to
claim legal rights within the existing society but also to demand substantive rights—in jobs, housing, health care, education, et cetera. "

Angela Y. Davis , Freedom is a constant struggle


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Angela Y. Davis quote : The Black Power movement—or what we referred to at the time as the Black liberation movement...was a response to what were perceived as limitations of the civil rights movement: we not only needed to<br />claim legal rights within the existing society but also to demand substantive rights—in jobs, housing, health care, education, et cetera.