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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.

Stokely Carmichael

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
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
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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Man Oppression Power Problem Question Racism White
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
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
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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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 Build Community Country Organization People Sense
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
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
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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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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Community Need Organization Talk

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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