We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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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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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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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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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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Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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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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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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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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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 only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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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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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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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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No man can given anybody his freedom.
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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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