One of the aims was internationalizing the problem of the Afro-American in this country…he felt by internationalizing the problem, by helping the Africans–and in turn the Africans helping us to get our rights–that a black man (an Afro-American or an African) could go all over the earth and receive the same dignity–the same respect–as any white man. And I think this was one of the aims, and it was a very good aim.
— Dr. Betty Shabazz
