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An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

Stokely Carmichael

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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Audience Civil Liberty Movement Rights White
One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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Change Fight Influence Oneself
I ain’t going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power!
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Black Jail Power Prison Way
Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
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Black Define Power Question White
I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power
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Belief Growth Hold Hope Myself Place Power Qualification
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.
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Build Country Function Institution Racism
Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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Freedom Order People Understand
I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn’t know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me
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Black Known Myself People Place Stop White
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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Change Himself Liberty Position
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Beautiful Black Ourselves
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle

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