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Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they’re built upon racism.

Stokely Carmichael

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
If 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.
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Man Oppression Power Problem Question Racism White
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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Belief Growth Hold Hope Myself Place Power Qualification
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
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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Courage Enemy Time Vulnerable
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
Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
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Beautiful Black Ourselves
I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.
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Black Civil Country People Right White
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
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 is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
Integration is a man’s ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.
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Ability Allow Himself Live Man People Right
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
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself

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