One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.
STOKELY CARMICHAELI 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!
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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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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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we’d be hard put to distinguish them.
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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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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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Now you know where I got my name.
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No man can given anybody his freedom.
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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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The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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I knew that I could vote and that that wasn’t a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
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Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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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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