Now you know where I got my name.
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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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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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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Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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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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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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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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Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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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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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 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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If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.
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