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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

Stokely Carmichael

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Beautiful Black Ourselves
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
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Community Need Organization Talk
The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
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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Black Define Power Question White
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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Belief Growth Hold Hope Myself Place Power Qualification
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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Black Civil Country People Right White
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
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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Corruption Dog Leadership Uniform Weapon
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
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
One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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Change Fight Influence Oneself
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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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Build Country Function Institution Racism
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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Black Jail Power Prison Way
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

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