I Have Taken An Oath In My

I Feel That I Am A Citizen Of The American Dream And That The Revolutionary Struggle Of Which I Am A Part Is A Struggle Against The American Nightmare.

We Shall Have Our Manhood. We Shall Have It Or The Earth Will Be Leveled By Our Attempts To Gain It.

But It Is Not That Easy, Is It? I Seek A Lasting Relationship, Something Permanent In A World Of Change, In Which All Is Transitory, Ephemeral, And Full Of Pain.

What America Demands In Her Black Champions Is A Brilliant, Powerful Body And A Dull, Bestial Mind.

If A Man Like Malcolm X Could Change And Repudiate Racism, If I Myself And Other Former Muslims Can Change, If Young Whites Can Change, Then There Is Hope For America.