Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
STOKELY CARMICHAELOur noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
STOKELY CARMICHAELGo home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
STOKELY CARMICHAELI usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.
STOKELY CARMICHAELNow you know where I got my name.
STOKELY CARMICHAELOur grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
STOKELY CARMICHAELIf 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.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe only position for women in SNCC is prone.
STOKELY CARMICHAELOne does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
STOKELY CARMICHAELNo man can given anybody his freedom.
STOKELY CARMICHAELIt 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.
STOKELY CARMICHAELI 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
STOKELY CARMICHAELNow, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
STOKELY CARMICHAELAn 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
STOKELY CARMICHAELBefore a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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