There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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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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I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
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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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No man can given anybody his freedom.
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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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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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Now you know where I got my name.
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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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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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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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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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I knew that I could vote and that that wasn’t a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.
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