“This power, this black power, originates in a view of the American galaxy taken from a dark and essential planet. Black power is the dungeon-side view of Monticello – which is to say, the view taken in struggle. And black power births a kind of understanding that illuminates all the galaxies in their truest colors.”

“This power, this black power, originates in a view of the American galaxy taken from a dark and essential planet. Black power is the dungeon-side view of Monticello – which is to say, the view taken in struggle. And black power births a kind of understanding that illuminates all the galaxies in their truest colors.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates