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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

Stokely Carmichael

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
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
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
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
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
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 secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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Fear Function Life Secret Way
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
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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Freedom Order People Understand
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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Breathe Generation Myself Run
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
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn’t know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me
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Black Known Myself People Place Stop White
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
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

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

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