So if black power means black armies racing through the streets, creating havoc, that certainly does nothing to advance the legitimate political and economic aspirations of the black community. Just the opposite, in fact.... If they think a few Molotov cocktails are going to bring down the whole system and build something new, I'm afraid they're just indulging in wishful-thinking, Truman Capote
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Huey Newton, a co-founder of the Black Panthers, said: "If black power means black armies racing through the streets, creating havoc, that certainly does nothing to advance the legitimate political and economic aspirations of the black community. Just the opposite, in fact."The Black Panthers wanted to use violence as a means to achieve their goals. They believed that revolution was necessary for social change. In this quote, Huey Newton admits that there is no real correlation between violence and social change. In fact, he believes that doing wrong to people will do nothing to help progress.

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