The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe only position for women in SNCC is prone.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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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.
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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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We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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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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The death of Che Guevara places a responsibility on all revolutionaries of the World to redouble their decision to fight on to the final defeat of Imperialism. That is why in essence Che Guevara is not dead, his ideas are with us.
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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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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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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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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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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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Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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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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