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The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.

Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and their outlook to life.

Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is greater in advancing the cause of our liberation than what has transpired thus far.

We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.