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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

Stokely Carmichael

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 masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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Best Content Myself Regret
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
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
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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Economics Known Myself Privilege Right Vote
The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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Fear Function Life Secret Way
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.
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Black National People Struggle Tragedy Young
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
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
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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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Black Build Community Country Organization People Sense
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
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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Death End Run Scare Time
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Beautiful Black Ourselves

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