It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
STOKELY CARMICHAELIt is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations.
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So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn’t because of Black Power, isn’t because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it’s not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.
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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Now you know where I got my name.
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An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
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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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There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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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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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community – as SNCC does – must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan
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Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Integration is a man’s ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.
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