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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Stokely Carmichael

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
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
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
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
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
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
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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Breathe Generation Myself Run
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn’t because of Black Power, isn’t because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it’s not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities.
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City Civil Failure Occur Pass Rebel Right
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
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
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
The death of Che Guevara places a responsibility on all revolutionaries of the World to redouble their decision to fight on to the final defeat of Imperialism. That is why in essence Che Guevara is not dead, his ideas are with us.
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Death Decision Ideas Ourselves Place Responsibility

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