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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.

Stokely Carmichael

No man can given anybody his freedom.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Freedom Man
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
What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL

Change Himself Liberty Position
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 masses don’t shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.
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Benefit Blood Individual Mass
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
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 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
The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.
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Himself Man Philosophy Raise
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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Death Decision Ideas Ourselves Place Responsibility
Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
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Black Define Power Question White
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
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Close Open Rank Society
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
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
Now you know where I got my name.
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Myself Name Yourself
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

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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