Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!
STOKELY CARMICHAELThe 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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The secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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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.
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The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
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The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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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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One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.
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Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
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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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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 first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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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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