I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
STOKELY CARMICHAELLeaders 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.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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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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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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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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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 maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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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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An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.
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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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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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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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Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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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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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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