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.
STOKELY CARMICHAELSeems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.
More Stokely Carmichael Quotes
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The death of Che Guevara places a responsibility on all revolutionaries of the World to redouble their decision to fight on to the final defeat of Imperialism. That is why in essence Che Guevara is not dead, his ideas are with us.
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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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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
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Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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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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Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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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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One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
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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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The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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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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What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
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