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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

Stokely Carmichael

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
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
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
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
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
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Audience Civil Liberty Movement Rights White
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
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
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
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
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
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
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
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
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 masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass

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