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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 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
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
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
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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Breathe Generation Myself Run
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
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
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
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
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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
I ain’t going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin’ us is to take over. What we gonna start sayin’ now is Black Power!
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Black Jail Power Prison Way
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
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
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

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