We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
STOKELY CARMICHAELI ain’t going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power!
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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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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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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Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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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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Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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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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I ain’t going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power!
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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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The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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Now you know where I got my name.
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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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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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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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