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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Stokely Carmichael

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
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Belief Growth Hold Hope Myself Place Power Qualification
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
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Change Fight Influence Oneself
The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Benefit Blood Individual Mass
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
Now you know where I got my name.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Myself Name Yourself
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.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Black National People Struggle Tragedy Young
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Define Freedom Need Terms
No man can given anybody his freedom.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Freedom Man
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.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Corruption Dog Leadership Uniform Weapon
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Beautiful Black Ourselves
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 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.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Death Decision Ideas Ourselves Place Responsibility
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

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