“Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself.”

“The city belongs to the black man. The white man was a convenient target until there were no white men left in Detroit. What used to be black and white is now gray. Whites got the suburbs and every...”

“If a man hasnt found something he will die for, he isnt fit to live.”

“The industrial part of Detroit is really the most interesting side, otherwise its like the rest of the United States, ugly and stupid.”

“Detroit is just like everywhere else, only more so--a lot more so.”

“Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...Everything is war. Me say war.That until the're no longer 1st class and...”

“When youre sharing a foxhole with another man, you don't worry about what color he is, just whether or not he will protect your back”

“And Charles turned around and called back without thinking, 'You know, you're awfully lucky you boys are white.'He didn't know why he said it. It had broken out of him. He'd wanted to speak with lo...”