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We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

Stokely Carmichael

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
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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Freedom Order People Understand
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
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 masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
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
The only position for women in SNCC is prone.
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Position Women
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms
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
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
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
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 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
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
The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
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Death End Run Scare Time

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

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