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

Stokely Carmichael

There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Beautiful Black Ourselves
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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Beyond Black Claim Community Need Organization Power Slogan Strength Work
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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Corruption Dog Leadership Uniform Weapon
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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Fear Function Life Secret Way
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
One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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Change Fight Influence Oneself
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
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
Now you know where I got my name.
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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.
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Black National People Struggle Tragedy Young
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
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

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