Stokely Carmichael Quotes

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.

Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

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.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.