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

Stokely Carmichael

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 secret of life is to have no fear; it’s the only way to function.
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Fear Function Life Secret Way
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
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
No man can given anybody his freedom.
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Freedom Man
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
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
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
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
There is a higher law than the law of government. That’s the law of conscience.
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Conscience Government Law
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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Economics Known Myself Privilege Right Vote
Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.
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Capitalism Stupidity System
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.
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Aware Death Fact Hands Struggle
Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.
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Beautiful Daughter Home Yourself
The masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.
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Define Freedom Need Terms

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